Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Picacho Peak
Date
April 15, 1862
Location
Picacho Peak, New Mexico Territory (USA), Arizona Territory (CSA) Modern Day: Picacho Peak, Pinal County, Arizona
Result
Confederate victory
Union cavalry retreat
Confederates driven back into Texas by May
Belligerents
United States
Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
James H. Carleton James Barrett †
Henry Holmes (POW)
Strength
13 cavalry
10 cavalry
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 3 wounded
3 captured, 2 wounded (disputed)
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California Column
Stanwix Station
Picacho Pass
Tucson
Apache Pass
La Paz
Pecos River
Mount Gray
Doubtful Canyon
Fort Buchanan
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Engagements in Confederate Arizona
1st Mesilla
San Augustine Spring
Tubac
Cookes Canyon
Florida Mountains
Gallinas Mountains
Placito
Pinos Altos
Canada Alamosa
Fort Thorn
Valverde
Stanwix Station
Picacho Pass
Tucson
1st Dragoon Springs
2nd Dragoon Springs
2nd Mesilla
Apache Pass
La Paz
The Battle of Picacho Pass, also known as the Battle of Picacho Peak, was an engagement of the American Civil War on April 15, 1862. The action occurred around Picacho Peak, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona. It was fought between a Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederate pickets from Tucson, and marks the westernmost battle of the American Civil War involving fatalities (though a skirmish known as the Battle of Stanwix Station was 40 miles further west and 80 miles from the California border in the direction of Fort Yuma).[1][2]
^Walters, John (15 April 2015). "Remembering the Day the Civil War Came to Arizona". Newsweek. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^Richter, William L. (24 July 2009). The A to Z of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Scarecrow Press. p. 423. ISBN 978-0-8108-6336-1. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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