1862 battle of the Apache Wars in Arizona, United States
Battle of Apache Pass
Part of the Apache Wars and the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Apache Pass
Date
July 15–16, 1862
Location
Apache Pass, New Mexico Territory (US), Arizona Territory (CSA) Present Day: Cochise County, Arizona
Result
United States victory
Belligerents
United States
Apache
Commanders and leaders
Thomas L. Roberts
Mangas Coloradas Cochise
Strength
116 infantry 22 cavalry 2 artillery pieces
~200 warriors
Casualties and losses
2 killed 3 wounded
9 killed[1]
Nine civilians were killed before the battle just outside Apache Pass, prompting Colonel Carleton to build Fort Bowie.
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The Battle of Apache Pass was fought in 1862 at Apache Pass, Arizona, in the United States, between Apache warriors and the Union volunteers of the California Column as it marched from California to capture Confederate Arizona and to reinforce New Mexico's Union army. It was one of the largest battles between the Americans and the Chiricahua during the Apache Wars.
^Micheal Clodfelter (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, 4th ed. McFarland. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-7864-7470-7. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
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