A map of the engagement in Hembrillo Basin. Note that N is to the left on this map.
Date
April 5–8, 1880
Location
Hembrillo Basin, Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Result
Apache Victory, women and children evacuated and U.S. Army kept at bay
Belligerents
United States
Apache
Commanders and leaders
Henry Carroll
Victorio
Strength
c. 220 cavalry, 150 Indian scouts
~150 warriors
Casualties and losses
2 killed 5 wounded
perhaps 3 dead
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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
32°55′26″N106°38′42″W / 32.924°N 106.645°W / 32.924; -106.645
The Battle of Hembrillo Basin was fought April 5–8, 1880 between the United States Army against a combined band of Chiricahua and Mescalero Apaches led by Chief Victorio.[1][2][3] Hembrillo Basin was the largest battle of Victorio's War, although casualties were light on both sides. Victorio held off an attack by superior numbers of army soldiers and Indian scouts, evacuated his women and children from the battlefield, and withdrew successfully. Hembrillo Basin is located on the White Sands Missile Range and access by the public is strictly regulated.
Forced out of one of his strongholds, Victorio engaged in a running battle with thousands of American and Mexico troops which would end with his defeat and death by the Mexican army a few months later.[4]
^White Sands Missile Range: WSMR Chronology: Cowboys to V-2s to the Space Shuttle to Lasers
^Milliken, Frederic. The Buffalo Soldiers. Phoenixmasonry Masonic Museum.
^Associated Press. (1999) "Scientists rewrite history of cavalry, Apache fight", Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 24 April 1999
^The Hembrillo Battlefield," White Sands Missile Range Museum, http://www.wsmr-history.org/Hembrillo.htm Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 21 May 2018
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