Battle of Pinos Altos event
SummaryA battle on September 27, 1861 in which Apache warriors under Mangas Coloradas and Cochise attacked the settlement of Pinos Altos and were repelled by roughly thirty defenders.
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roughly thirty defenders holding the line at Samuel J. Bean's fortified store, repelling the Apache attack after several hours of close-quarters fighting— September 27, 1861confidence 100%
cited from Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test) (1860)Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
being sometimes counted as the southernmost battle of the Civil War, though it predated the formal Confederate Arizona campaign— September 27, 1861confidence 70%
cited from Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test) (1860)Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
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Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test)
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