The Second Battle of Dragoon Springs was one of two skirmishes involving
Apache
The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...
warrior
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History
Warriors seem to have been p ...
s and
Confederate
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soldiers
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in Arizona. It was fought during the
American Civil War
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on May 9, 1862, and was a response to the
First Battle of Dragoon Springs
The First Battle of Dragoon Springs was a minor skirmish between a small troop of Confederate dragoons of Governor John R. Baylor's Arizona Rangers, and a band of Apache warriors during the American Civil War. It was fought on May 5, 1862, ...
in which Confederate forces were defeated. Four men were killed in the first skirmish and several heads of livestock were captured. The rebel commander
Captain
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Sherod Hunter
Sherod Hunter (March 5, 1834 – ?) was the commander of the Confederate unit operating against Union Army forces in present-day Arizona during the American Civil War. He later commanded various Confederate cavalry units elsewhere in the Trans-M ...
, ordered his foraging squad to take back the livestock from
Cochise
Cochise (; Apache: ''Shi-ka-She'' or ''A-da-tli-chi'', lit.: ''having the quality or strength of an oak''; later ''K'uu-ch'ish'' or ''Cheis'', lit. ''oak''; June 8, 1874) was leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen and principa ...
's warriors, during which five Apaches were killed. There were no Confederate casualties.
See also
*
American Indian Wars
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*
Apache Wars
The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. After the Mexic ...
References
* Finch, L. Boyd. ''Confederate Pathway to the Pacific: Major Sherod Hunter and the Arizona Territory, C.S.A.'' Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Historical Society Press, 1996.
* Horn, Calvin P., and William S. Wallace, Editors. ''Confederate Victories in the Southwest: Prelude to Defeat''. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Horn and Wallace, 1961.
* Kerby, Robert Lee. ''The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona, 1861–1862.'' Tucson, Arizona: Westernlore Press, 1958.
* Rodgers, Robert L. "The Confederate States Organized Arizona in 1862." ''Southern Historical Society Papers'', Volume 28 (1900).
* Sonnichsen, Charles Leland. ''Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982.
* Sweeney, Edwin R. ''Cochise: Chiricahua Apache Chief''. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
* Walker, Charles S. "Confederate Government in Dona Ana County As Shown in the Records of the Probate Court, 1861–1862, ''New Mexico Historical Review'', Vol. VI (1931), pp 253–302.
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