Second Battle of Dragoon Springs explained

Conflict:Second Battle of Dragoon Springs
Partof:the American Civil War
Apache Wars
Date:May 9, 1862
Place:Dragoon Mountains, New Mexico Territory (USA), Arizona Territory (CSA);
now in Cochise County, Arizona
Result:Confederate States victory, Confederacy and Indians settle a truce and forms an alliance
Combatant1:Apache
Combatant2: Confederate States
Commander1:Cochise
Francisco
Commander2:Unknown
Casualties1:5 killed
Casualties2:None

The Second Battle of Dragoon Springs was one of two skirmishes involving Apache warriors and Confederate soldiers in Arizona. It was fought during the American Civil War on May 9, 1862, and was a response to the First Battle of Dragoon Springs in which Confederate forces were defeated. Four men were killed in the first skirmish and several heads of livestock were captured. The rebel commander Captain Sherod Hunter, ordered his foraging squad to take back the livestock from Cochise's warriors, during which five Apaches were killed. There were no Confederate casualties.

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