Bonneville Expedition (1857)
The Bonneville Expedition was a military operation launched by the United States Army in 1857 at the beginning of the Chiricahua Apache Wars. Colonel Benjamin Bonneville, Lieutenant Colonel Dixon S. Miles, and Colonel William W. Loring commanded parties which headed west from Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Territory. The expedition quickly engaged Apaches in two small but significant battles, the first in the Black Range and the second along the Gila River near present-day Safford, Arizona.
| Bonneville Expedition | |||||||
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| Part of the Apache Wars | |||||||
General Benjamin Bonneveille, circa 1861. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Apache | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Benjamin Bonneville | Black Knife † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~800 | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 killed 7 wounded |
~50 killed or wounded 54 captured | ||||||
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