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2 unusual facts about Apache wars


Apache Wars

Later, Apache children were taken to the Carlisle boarding school in Pennsylvania, where fifty of them died.

Battle of Carrizo Canyon

The overall American commander is not known though the right flank of the American forces in Carrizo Canyon during the battle were led by Sergeant George Jordan who was already a veteran of the Apache Wars.


Army on the Frontier

Some of the more notable Indian wars were: the Northwest Indians, 1790–95 and 1811–13; Seminole Wars in Florida, 1817–18, 1835–42 and 1856; Black Hawk War, 1832; Sioux War, 1862–1867; War of the Plains Indians, 1863–69; Sioux and Cheyenne War of 1876-79; and Apache Wars, 1861-90.

Battle of Fort Apache

The Battle of Fort Apache was an engagement of the Apache Wars between the cavalry garrison of Fort Apache and dozens of mounted White Mountain Apache warriors.

Franklin Leslie

During 1884 to 1886, he served during the Apache uprisings as a scout for the Fourth Cavalry, and afterward as a mounted customs inspector along the Rio Grande area and became a rancher.

Henry Ossian Flipper

Flipper served with competency and distinction during the Apache Wars and the Victorio Campaign but was haunted by rumors alleging improprieties.

Powhatan Henry Clarke

Powhatan Henry Clarke (October 9, 1862 – July 21, 1893) was a United States Army First Lieutenant who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Geronimo Campaign in Sonora, Mexico.


see also

Antonio Canales Rosillo

Canales fought in the Apache wars in Mexico and under the many conservative attempts to control the Mexican national government of the 19th century.