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

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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

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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