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First Battle of Dragoon Springs

First Battle of Dragoon Springs was a battle fought on 5 May 1862 at Dragoon Mountains, in what is now Arizona, United States. It was part of the Apache Wars, which ran from 1849 to 1924. The recorded result: Apache victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against ~100 warriors.

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Dragoon Mountains, Arizona, from the south.
Dragoon Mountains, Arizona, from the south.. Wilson44691, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought5 May 1862
WhereDragoon Mountains, Arizona, United States31.998N, 110.023W
OutcomeApache victory
BelligerentsConfederate StatesagainstApache
Casualties and losses4 killedandUnknown
Part ofApache Wars1849 to 1924

Where it sits in the Apache Wars

Battle at Pozo Hediondo, 1851Battle of Cooke's Spring, 1857Battle of the Mimbres River, 1860First Battle of Dragoon Springs, 1862Battle of Mount Gray, 1864Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon, 1864Battle of Fort Buchanan, 1865Battle of Hembrillo Basin, 1880Battle of Fort Tularosa, 1880Battle of Cibecue Creek, 1881Battle of Fort Apache, 1881Battle of Big Dry Wash, 188218511882First Battle of Dragoon Springs, 1862
12 placed engagements of the Apache Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date5 May 1862
PlaceDragoon Mountains, Arizona, United States
31.998N, 110.023W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
StrengthUnknown~100 warriors
Casualties and losses4 killedUnknown
Commanders
  • Sergeant
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First Battle of Dragoon Springs is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (28 in Arizona).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5452511, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article First Battle of Dragoon Springs, revision 1370618605, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.