Battle of Ingalls

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Battle of Ingalls
Date September 1, 1893 Location Ingalls, Oklahoma, United States 36°6′7″N 96°52′54″W / 36.10194°N 96.88167°W / 36.10194; -96.88167 (1893 Dalton-Doolin Gang shootout site) Result Doolin-Dalton gang flees Ingalls
Belligerents
U.S. Marshals	Doolin-Dalton Gang
Commanders and leaders
John Hixon	Bill Doolin Bill Dalton
Strength
13-14	10
Casualties and losses
3 killed	3 Wounded 1 Stunned and Captured
Civilian casualties: 1 killed 2 wounded
Shootout site of Dalton-Doolin Gang class=notpageimage| Location within Oklahoma

The Battle of Ingalls was a gunfight on September 1, 1893 between United States Marshals and the Doolin-Dalton Gang, during the closing years of the Old West era, in Ingalls, Oklahoma.^[1][2] The Doolin-Dalton Gang had been involved in a number of train robberies and bank robberies, beginning around 1891. They had found a safe haven in the town of Ingalls, which unwittingly harbored many outlaws during that period. On September 1, 1893, a posse was organized by the new United States Marshal, Evett Dumas "E.D." Nix, which entered the outlaw town of Ingalls with the intent to capture the gang. The lawmen were engaged in a gunbattle in which three of the fourteen lawmen carrying Deputy Marshals' commissions would die as a result of the battle.