Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon
Part of the Apache Wars (1864)
| Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon | |||||||
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| Part of the Apache Wars, American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States | Apache | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Henry H. Stevens | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 54 | ~100 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 or 6 wounded, 1 missing | 10 killed, 20 wounded | ||||||
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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
- 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
The Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon took place on May 3, 1864, between a company of infantry from the California Column and a band of about 100 Apaches. The fighting occurred near Steins Peak in Doubtful Canyon, Arizona Territory. Doubtful Canyon, along with Apache Pass and Cookes Canyon, was a favored location for an ambush by the Apache along the Butterfield Overland Mail route.
The Californians were on the march from Fort Cummings to Fort Bowie in the military District of Arizona, when they were attacked in the canyon.[1] The band of Apaches were defeated by 54 men of Company I, 5th California Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Lieutenant Henry H. Stevens.[1] The skirmish lasted about an hour until the Apache fled. The Apache lost 10 killed and 20 wounded. The Californians lost 1 missing and 5 wounded according to official records.[2] Michno claims the battle lasted almost two hours and that the Californians suffered 6 wounded (1 mortally), and 1 missing, presumed killed.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Michno, pg. 137
- ^ The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. ; Series 1 – Volume 34 (Part I), p. 909
- Michno, F. Gregory (2009). Encyclopedia of Indian wars: Western battles and skirmishes 1850–1890. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-87842-468-9.
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