Battle of Apache Pass

This article is about the 1862 battle. For the 1952 film, see The Battle at Apache Pass.
Battle of Apache Pass
Part of the Apache Wars and the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War

Apache Pass
DateJuly 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 United States Apache
Commanders and leaders
United States 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.

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. It was one of the largest battles between the Americans and the Chiricahua during the Apache Wars.

  1. ^ 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.