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Battle of Cookes Canyon
Part of the American Civil War
Apache Wars
DateMid August, 1861
Location
Cooke's Canyon , Arizona Territory,
now in Luna County, New Mexico
Belligerents
Confederate States of America Confederate States Apache
Commanders and leaders
N/A Mangas Coloradas
Cochise
Strength
24 militia ~100 warriors
Casualties and losses
4 killed
8 wounded
unknown

The Battle of Cookes Canyon was a military engagement fought between settlers from Confederate Arizona and Chiricahua Apaches in August 1861. It occurred about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Mesilla, in Cookes Canyon. The exact date of the battle is unknown. The battle occurred in the larger context of both the Apache Wars and the American Civil War.

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