What is the ranking of these American wars based on how epic they were?

List starts with WW2 easily. Don't know about the rest.

Revolution, then WW2.

everyone who says Revolution doesn't know anything about American wars. The revolution was a few minor skirmishes compared to the Civil War and a fist fight compared to WW2.

Civil War for the personal violence and casualties.

WW2 was us hitting our stride in causing casualties and we had that big Philipine loss.

WW1 was us making sure we had a seat at the table once the pie started getting cut but still was some blood.

Revolutionary war was mostly small scale actions over a long period.

Vietnam we lost close to 59,000 men KIA over 19ish years. That's out the running.

Mexican war was just a lark.

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veryone who says Revolution doesn't know anything about American wars.

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Agree and disagree. Warfare had not matured quite yet - this was Age of Reason and not yet Industrial Revolution warfare. The scope of the conflict and casualties were relatively minor in the grand scheme of things, military conflict-wise.

But, the outcome of the conflict and its effect on the rest of human history is gargantuan, as was the French Revolution and WW1. Again, those three conflicts actually, literally changed the world in a Revolutionary (pardon the pun) way (even though the effects weren't immediately obvious) rather than merely reshaping it in more subtle ways.

Civil War - All American history is really just a prequel or sequel to this. War is politics and every political issue in the United States can be linked to this war.

World War II - Makes America the global power it is today

American Revolution - Since it creates the nation and it could have easily gone the other way

Mexican American War - Gives America the continent and although mostly a rout, we were considered an underdog compared to the Mexicans

World War I - Could have been more important but "return to normalcy" makes it less so

Vietnam War - Not an insignificant war, but should also be considered with Korea and the rest of the Cold War for its importance.

If you mean epic on a global scale:

1.WW2
2.WW1
3.Civil War
4. Vietnam
5.Revolution
9. Mexican American

eta- really depends on what you mean by epic

WWI is first.

If nothing else because its aftermath set up not only WW2, but all of the middle east problems you see today because the Ottoman empire folded at the end of the war, setting up the Euopean Mandates and the creation of Israel, which deeply destabilized the region.

Prior to WWI, the Ottomans had ruled the middle east peacefully for 700 years.

Pump the breaks. The Ottomans were barely holding on before the war. And had only given up meaningful warfare on the continent because they'd been severely stymied North, North West, and at Malta.

It amazes me how so many overlook WWI. It was literally the most historically significant event in human history since the discovery of the new world. WWI changed the world in a manner that few other events can compare. I would rank it’s transformative influence on par with events such as the birth of Christ, fall of the Roman Empire, and European colonization of the Western Hemisphere.

And from the American perspective it is the war that propelled America into the stage as a top tier major world power. WWI also saw the biggest and bloodiest campaign American military history, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive which itself is even less well known than WWI in general. It’s really sad how forgotten and overlooked WWI is today.