Battle of Apache Pass

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
	Nine civilians were killed before the battle just outside Apache Pass, prompting Colonel Carleton to build Fort Bowie.;

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.

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