While Col. Nathan George Evans, reinforced by Brig. Gen. Barnard Bee and Col. Francis S. Bartow, opposed the enemy, Cocke's forces defended against attack in the vicinity of the Stone Bridge, with his headquarters at the Lewis house.
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Casa Blanca was one of the Pima Villages on the Gila River in what was then part of the state of Sonora, Mexico, encountered by the American expeditions of Stephen W. Kearny and Philip St. George Cooke in 1846 and later by Americans on their way to California on the Southern Immigrant Trail during the California Gold Rush.
On November 25, 1866, Carrington was ordered by his superior, General Philip St. George Cooke at Fort Laramie to take the offensive against the Indians in response to their "murderous and insulting attacks".
As Captain in command of 200 Dragoons, he disarmed and arrested Colonel Snively's Republic of Texas company of about 100 men, who were attempting to disrupt trade along the Santa Fe Trail, in what was described as the Second Texas Santa Fe Expedition.
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It was deactivated from 1953 to 1957, at which time it was activated as Cooke Air Force Base (1957-1958) but was officially renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1958.
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Camp Cooke, an Army camp in Santa Barbara County, California, was named for him.
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Camp Cooke (1866-1870), the first military post in the Montana Territory, was named in honor of Phillip St. George Cooke while he was the commander of the Department of the Platte which included the Montana Territory.
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Camp Cooke (1941-1953) was the name given to the military post near Lompoc California.