Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Cochise

Battles of Cochise

American indian chief, civic leader, indigenous leader, indian interpreter, 1812 to 1874

Cochise is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1865: 7 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 522 km apart end to end, 87 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5), Apache Wars (2).

Second Battle of Dragoon SpringsBattle of Fort BuchananBattle of Cookes CanyonBattle of the Florida MountainsBattle of Pinos AltosFirst Battle of Dragoon SpringsBattle of Apache PassBattle of Cookes CanyonBattle of the Florida MountainsBattle of Pinos AltosFirst Battle of Dragoon SpringsBattle of Apache PassPhoenixTucsonEl PasoNogalesCiudad JuárezDouglasLas CrucesCananeaWillcoxTombstone200 km32.262N, 109.164W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 3 engagements3 in 18611862: 3 engagements3 in 18621865: 1 engagements18611865
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cookes Canyon, 1861Battle of the Florida Mountains, 1861Battle of Pinos Altos, 1861First Battle of Dragoon Springs, 1862Second Battle of Dragoon Springs, 1862Battle of Apache Pass, 1862Battle of Fort Buchanan, 186518611865
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
August 1861Battle of Cookes CanyonCookes Range, New Mexico, United States
August 1861Battle of the Florida MountainsFlorida Mountains, New Mexico, United States37 km SConfederate victory
27 September 1861Battle of Pinos AltosPinos Altos, New Mexico, United States100 km NWConfederate victory
5 May 1862First Battle of Dragoon SpringsDragoon Mountains, Arizona, United States195 km SWApache victory
9 May 1862Second Battle of Dragoon SpringsDragoon Mountains, Arizona, United States3 km SConfederate States victory, Confederacy and Indians settle...
16 July 1862Battle of Apache PassApache Pass, Arizona, United States57 km EUnited States victory
17 February 1865Battle of Fort BuchananFort Buchanan, Arizona, United States131 km SWApache victory, Fort Buchanan destroyed.

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, https://www.flickr.com/photos/dianaandleland/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.