Yes, sir, San Juan Island, specifically a 13-year boundary war with Great Britain over the ownership of the San Juan Islands that was resolved by arbitration in 1872 wherein Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm I of the German Empire awarded the islands to the United States.

Although no troops were technically killed in battle during the long war, there were many who needlessly lost their lives on the island due to accidents, illnesses, and suicides.

That's what comes to mind at any rate... but didn't it wind up defining the boundary lines?

International arbitration in Geneva decided the boundary lines ending the stupidest war.

at least that is a somewhat-positive outcome (unless my memory is totally wrong... forget the name of the island that war was fought on but I should remember it...)

There was neither fighting nor battles during the Pig War, although it was definitely ordered. Captain George Pickett (future infamous Civil War traitor with epic failure at Gettysburg) was ordered to San Juan Island to lead the American's charge (not unintentional wording), whence Great Britain responded with five Royal Navy warships and thousands of troops; however, the commanding officers refused to engage over a dead pig, there was joint occupation of the area for the duration of the war, and the rest is history. :)

Was that the war on the island in Puget Sound? That's what comes to mind at any rate... but didn't it wind up defining the boundary lines? at least that is a somewhat-positive outcome (unless my memory is totally wrong... forget the name of the island that war was fought on but I should remember it...)

-CW

true, and we even won some really surprising naval victories, but even so -- when you compare before and after, not much changed really.

-CW

The Pig War, circa 1859 was notable in that no humans were killed in the making of this war with Britain, but there is no amount of lipstick that can dress up that pig.