Editing Apache Wars (section)

==Cochise==
The Apache Wars were sparked when American troops erroneously accused Apache leader [[Cochise]] and his tribe of kidnapping a young boy during a raid. Cochise professed truthfully that his tribe had not kidnapped the boy and offered to try and find him for the Americans, but the commander refused to believe him and instead took Cochise and his party hostage for the return of the boy. Cochise escaped, and a standoff developed as Cochise's tribe and allies surrounded the American forces, demanding the release of the rest of Cochise's party. After a standoff, during which 3 additional braves and a number of American soldiers and postmen were captured, the Apache retreated, believing they were being [[Flanking maneuver|flanked]], but in revenge for the continued holding of their people killed soldiers and postmen they had captured. The Americans in turn killed the 6 men they had captured, though they allowed the women and children to go free. In what became known as the [[Bascom affair]], three of the men killed were Cochise's brother and nephews, and Cochise gathered the Apache tribes and made war on the U.S. for vengeance, sparking the century-long conflict.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/qdXDeP205vY Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190120183731/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdXDeP205vY&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdXDeP205vY| title = History of The First Medal of Honor | website=[[YouTube]]| date = May 23, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The first U.S. Army campaigns specifically against the Apache began in 1849.<ref>Rajtar, p. 159</ref>