Editing Battle of Apache Pass (section)

{{Short description|1862 battle of the Apache Wars in Arizona, United States}}
{{about|the 1862 battle|the 1952 film|The Battle at Apache Pass}}
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle of Apache Pass
| image= ApachePassAZ.JPG
| image_size = 300
|caption=''Apache Pass''
|partof=the [[Apache Wars]] and the [[Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War|Trans-Mississippi Theater]] of the [[American Civil War]]
|date=July 15–16, 1862
|place=[[Apache Pass]], [[New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War|New Mexico Territory (US)]], [[Arizona Territory (CSA)]]<br />Present Day: [[Cochise County, Arizona]]
|result=United States victory
|combatant1={{flagicon|USA|1861}} [[United States]]
|combatant2=[[Apache]]
|commander1={{Flagicon|USA|1861}} [[Thomas L. Roberts]]
|commander2=[[Mangas Coloradas]]<br />[[Cochise]]
|strength1=116 [[infantry]]<br />22 [[cavalry]]<br />2 [[howitzer|artillery pieces]]
|strength2=~200 [[warrior]]s
|casualties1=2 killed<br />3 wounded
|casualties2=9 killed. Apache claimed 62 warriors were killed by artillery.<ref name="Clodfelter2017">{{cite book|author=Micheal Clodfelter|title=Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, 4th ed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8urEDgAAQBAJ|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7470-7|page=268|access-date=2021-01-31|archive-date=2020-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917014758/https://books.google.com/books?id=8urEDgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
|notes=
* ''Nine civilians were killed before the battle just outside Apache Pass, prompting Colonel Carleton to build Fort Bowie.''
}}
{{Campaignbox Apache Wars}}
{{Campaignbox Battles of the California Column}}
{{Campaignbox Battles in Confederate Arizona}}

The '''Battle of Apache Pass''' was fought in 1862 at [[Apache Pass]], [[Arizona]], in the [[United States]], between [[Apache]] warriors and the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] volunteers of the [[California Column]]. It was one of the largest battles between the Americans and the [[Chiricahua]] during the [[Apache Wars]].