Conflicts between the U.S. Army and native Apache tribe (1849–1924)
This article is about the Apache–US Wars. For other Mexican–Apache wars, see Apache–Mexico Wars. For other wars involving the Apache, see Apache War.
Apache Wars
Part of the American Indian Wars
A Dash for the Timber, 1889, by Frederic Remington
Date
1849–1924
Location
Southwestern United States
Result
American victory
Belligerents
United States Confederate States (1861–1865)
Apacheria:
Chiricahua Apache
Jicarilla Apache
Mescalero Apache
Lipan Apache
Western Apache
Plains Apache
Apache allies:
Ute
Yavapai
Navajo
Yuma
Mohave
Commanders and leaders
John Davidson James H. Carleton Kit Carson Philip Cooke John G. Walker George Crook George Jordan Eugene Asa Carr Philip Sheridan Andrew Evans Nelson A. Miles Henry Lawton James W. Watson
Granville H. Oury Thomas J. Mastin †
Flechas Rayada Chacon Black Knife † Mangas Coloradas † Iron Shirt † Cochise Francisco Juh Delshay Victorio † Nanni Chaddi † Na tio tish † Geronimo Chatto Apache Kid Massai Little Wolf (Mescalero) Te-He-Nan † Nana # Saguaro Coronado † Santos Red Dog
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Apache Wars
Jicarilla War
Point of Rocks
Wagon Mound
Bell's Fight
Cieneguilla
Ojo Caliente Canyon
Texas–Indian wars
Diablo Mountains
Antelope Hills Expedition
Little Robe Creek
1st Adobe Walls
Chiricahua Wars
Cooke's Spring
Bonneville Expedition
Madera Canyon
Mimbres River
Bascom Affair
Tubac
Cookes Canyon
Florida Mountains
Gallinas Mountains
Placito
Pinos Altos
1st Dragoon Springs
2nd Dragoon Springs
Apache Pass
Big Bug
Mowry
Mount Gray
Doubtful Canyon
Fort Buchanan
Black Hawk's War
Pipe Spring
Yavapai War
Camp Grant
Wickenburg
Burro Canyon
Tonto Basin
Salt River Canyon
Turret Peak
Sunset Pass
Buffalo Hunters' War
Yellow House Canyon
Victorio's War
Battle of Ojo Caliente(1879)
Las Animas Canyon
Hembrillo Basin
Alma
Fort Tularosa
Battle of Tres Castillos
Carrizo Canyon
Geronimo's War
Cibecue Creek
Fort Apache
McMillenville
Big Dry Wash
Lordsburg Road
Devil's Creek
Little Dry Creek
Nacori Chico
Bear Valley
Pinito Mountains
Post 1887 period
Kelvin Grade 1889
Cherry Creek 1890
Guadalupe Canyon 1896
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Fort Parker
Stone Houses
Arroyo Seco Fight
Killough
San Gabriels
The Neches
Council House Fight
Great Raid
Plum Creek
Village Creek
Bandera Pass
Muncey
Apache Wars
Jicarilla War
Diablo Mountains
Devil's River
Antelope Hills
Little Robe Creek
Pease River
1st Adobe Walls
Comanche Campaign
Red River War
Warren Raid
Blanco Canyon
North Fork of the Red River
2nd Adobe Walls
Palo Duro Canyon
Buffalo Hunters' War
Staked Plains Horror
Yellow House Canyon
The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. After the Mexican–American War in 1846, the United States annexed conflicted territory from Mexico which was the home of both settlers and Apache tribes. Conflicts continued as white colonizers came into traditional Apache lands to raise livestock and crops and to mine minerals.[1]
The U.S. Army established forts to fight Apache tribal war parties and force Apaches to move to designated Indian reservations created by the U.S. in accordance with the Indian Removal Act. Some reservations were not on the traditional areas occupied by the Apache. In 1886, the U.S. Army put over 5,000 soldiers in the field to fight, which resulted in the surrender of Geronimo and 30 of his followers.[2] This is generally considered the end of the Apache Wars, although conflicts continued between citizens and Apaches. The Confederate Army briefly participated in the wars during the early 1860s in Texas, before being diverted to action in the American Civil War in New Mexico and Arizona.
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