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unusual facts about Battle of Apache Pass


Battle of Apache Pass

The engagement was portrayed somewhat inaccurately in the 1952 film The Battle at Apache Pass.


California Column

It was not until late June that a scout named John W. Jones was able to outrun pursuing Apaches and get a message to Canby: "The Column from California is really coming." On the march to the Rio Grande, 140 men of Company E, 1st California Infantry, and Company B, 2nd California Infantry, fought the famous Apache leader Cochise at Apache Pass in July.


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