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Battle of Cookes Canyon

Part of the American Civil War
Apache Wars

Date	Mid August, 1861
Location	Cooke's Canyon, Arizona Territory, now in Luna County, New Mexico

Belligerents

Confederate States

Apache

Commanders and leaders

N/A

Mangas Coloradas
Cochise

Strength

24 militia

~100 warriors

Casualties and losses

4 killed
8 wounded

unknown

Apache Wars

Jicarilla War: Point of Rocks; Wagon Mound; Bell's Fight; Cieneguilla; Ojo Caliente Canyon

Texas–Indian wars: Diablo Mountains; Antelope Hills Expedition; Little Robe Creek; 1st Adobe Walls

Chiricahua Wars: Cooke's Spring; Bonneville Expedition; Madera Canyon; Mimbres River; Bascom affair; Tubac; Cookes Canyon; Florida Mountains; Gallinas Mountains; Placito; Pinos Altos; 1st Dragoon Springs; 2nd Dragoon Springs; Apache Pass; Big Bug; Mowry; Mount Gray; Doubtful Canyon; Fort Buchanan

Black Hawk's War: Pipe Spring

Yavapai War: Camp Grant; Wickenburg; Burro Canyon; Tonto Basin; Salt River Canyon; Turret Peak; Sunset Pass

Buffalo Hunters' War: Yellow House Canyon

Victorio's War: Battle of Ojo Caliente (1879); Las Animas Canyon; Hembrillo Basin; Alma; Fort Tularosa; Battle of Tres Castillos; Carrizo Canyon

Geronimo's War: Cibecue Creek; Fort Apache; McMillenville; Big Dry Wash; Lordsburg Road; Devil's Creek; Little Dry Creek; Nacori Chico; Bear Valley; Pinito Mountains

Post 1887 period: Kelvin Grade (1889); Cherry Creek (1890); Guadalupe Canyon (1896)

v t e 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 Cookes Canyon was a military engagement fought between settlers from Confederate Arizona and Chiricahua Apaches in August 1861. It occurred about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Mesilla, in Cookes Canyon. The exact date of the battle is unknown. The battle occurred in the larger context of both the Apache Wars and the American Civil War.