Crawford affair | |||||||
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Part of Geronimo's War, Apache Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Mexico | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Emmet Crawford † | Mauricio Corredor † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~100 | ~150 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 4 wounded |
4 killed 5 wounded |
The Crawford affair was a battle fought between Mexico and the United States in January 1886 during the Geronimo Campaign. Captain Emmet Crawford was commanding a company of Apache scouts, sixty miles southeast of Nacori Chico in Sonora, when his camp was attacked by Mexican Army militiamen. In the action, Crawford was shot and later died; his death nearly started a war between the United States and Mexico.[1]