Battle of Fort Buchanan

Battle of Fort Buchanan
	Part of Apache Wars, American Civil War
	; Ruins of Fort Buchanan in 1914.
Date	February 17, 1865
Location	Fort Buchanan, Arizona Territory; now in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Result	Apache victory, Fort Buchanan destroyed.
Belligerents
United States	Apache
Commanders and leaders
Michael Buckley	Cochise
Strength
9 cavalry; 1 fort	~75 warriors
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 1 wounded; 1 fort destroyed	~2 killed
	Civilian Casualties: 3 killed

The Battle of Fort Buchanan was an Apache attack on the United States Army post of Old Fort Buchanan in southern Arizona Territory, which occurred on February 17, 1865. Though a skirmish, it ended with a significant Apache victory when they forced the small garrison of California Volunteers to retreat to the Santa Rita Mountains. Fort Buchanan was the only American military post conquered during the war against the Chiricahua.

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