Battle of Picacho Pass

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Battle of Picacho Pass
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War

Picacho Peak
DateApril 15, 1862
Location
Picacho Peak, New Mexico Territory (USA), Arizona Territory (CSA)
Modern Day: Picacho Peak,
Pinal County, Arizona
Result

Confederate victory

  • Union cavalry retreat
  • Confederates driven back into Texas by May
Belligerents
United States Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
James H. Carleton
James Barrett †		 Henry Holmes (POW)
Strength
13 cavalry 10 cavalry
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 3 wounded 3 captured, 2 wounded (disputed)

The Battle of Picacho Pass, also known as the Battle of Picacho Peak, was an engagement of the American Civil War on April 15, 1862. The action occurred around Picacho Peak, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona. It was fought between a Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederate pickets from Tucson, and marks the westernmost battle of the American Civil War involving fatalities (though a skirmish known as the Battle of Stanwix Station was 40 miles further west and 80 miles from the California border in the direction of Fort Yuma).

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