Battle of Picacho Pass

Battle of Picacho Pass
	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)

32°37′52″N 111°24′56″W / 32.63111°N 111.41556°W / 32.63111; -111.41556

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.

[1] Walters, John (15 April 2015). "Remembering the Day the Civil War Came to Arizona". Newsweek. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[2] 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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