Cochise War

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The Cochise War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Chiricahua Apache led by Chief Cochise and the United States, marked by raids and guerrilla warfare across the Southwest following a breakdown in relations in 1861.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chiricahua Wars 2
Cochise War canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause breakdown in relations between Cochise and U.S. authorities in 1861 ⓘ
characterizedBy cross-border operations ⓘ
prolonged frontier violence ⓘ
commander Cochise ⓘ
United States Army officers ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army officers
conflictType Apache–United States conflict ⓘ
Indian War ⓘ
conflictWith U.S. expansion into Apache territory ⓘ
countryInvolved United States ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved Apache ⓘ
hasPart ambushes of military patrols ⓘ
hostage-taking incidents ⓘ
raids on settlements ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Indian Wars ⓘ
location American Southwest ⓘ
Arizona Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
northern Mexico borderlands ⓘ
namedAfter Cochise ⓘ
notableLeader Cochise ⓘ
opponent U.S. settlers in the Southwest ⓘ
participant Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf broader U.S.–Apache conflicts in the 19th century ⓘ
primaryBelligerentGroup Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
linked to: Chiricahua Apache
relatedTo Apache Wars ⓘ
Bascom Affair ⓘ
Chiricahua Apache history ⓘ
result eventual U.S. military dominance in the region ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
temporalLocation mid-19th century ⓘ
useOfTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run raids ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apache Wars → hasPart → Cochise War ⓘ
Apache Wars → hasPart → Chiricahua Wars ⓘ
linked to: Cochise War
Chiricahua Apache → involvedInConflict → Chiricahua Wars ⓘ
linked to: Cochise War