Five-Day Battle in Lincoln

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The Five-Day Battle in Lincoln was the climactic 1878 gunfight-filled siege in Lincoln, New Mexico, that marked the violent peak of the Lincoln County War and prominently involved figures like Billy the Kid.

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Five-Day Battle in Lincoln canonical 1
Five-Day Battle of Lincoln 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Lincoln County War ⓘ
gun battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath Billy the Kid became a more widely known outlaw figure ⓘ
linked to: Billy the Kid

Regulators faction effectively broken as a major force ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lincoln ⓘ
Five-Day Battle of Lincoln ⓘ
casualties multiple killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ
cause commercial and political rivalry in Lincoln County ⓘ
centerOfFighting McSween house in Lincoln ⓘ
combatant Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
Regulators faction ⓘ
Seven Rivers Warriors ⓘ
U.S. Army detachment from Fort Stanton ⓘ
conflict Lincoln County War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
duration five days ⓘ
endDate 1878-07-19 ⓘ
featuredIn accounts of the Lincoln County War ⓘ
histories of Billy the Kid ⓘ
followedBy scattered reprisals and manhunts in New Mexico Territory ⓘ
hasPart gunfights in Lincoln, New Mexico ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reconstruction-era New Mexico Territory ⓘ
location Lincoln, New Mexico Territory ⓘ
notableDeath Alexander McSween ⓘ
notableParticipant Alexander McSween ⓘ
Billy the Kid ⓘ
Buckshot Roberts ⓘ
Doc Scurlock ⓘ
Frank Coe ⓘ
George Coe ⓘ
John Middleton ⓘ
Jose Chavez y Chavez ⓘ
Sheriff George Peppin ⓘ
Susan McSween ⓘ
Tom O’Folliard ⓘ
partOf American Old West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
precededBy earlier skirmishes of the Lincoln County War ⓘ
relatedTo murder of John Tunstall ⓘ
result end of large-scale organized fighting in the Lincoln County War ⓘ
significance climactic battle of the Lincoln County War ⓘ
startDate 1878-07-15 ⓘ
tacticUsed siege of buildings held by the Regulators ⓘ
use of a howitzer by Murphy-Dolan forces ⓘ
year 1878 ⓘ

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Lincoln County War → notableEvent → Five-Day Battle in Lincoln ⓘ
Five-Day Battle in Lincoln → alsoKnownAs → Five-Day Battle of Lincoln ⓘ
linked to: Five-Day Battle in Lincoln