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Battle of Hembrillo Basin

Battle of Hembrillo Basin was a battle fought in 1880 in what is now New Mexico, United States. It was part of the Apache Wars, which ran from 1849 to 1924. The recorded result: Apache victory, women and children evacuated and U.S. Army kept at bay. Recorded strength: 220 cavalry, 150 Indian scouts against ~150 warriors.

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Battle of Hembrillo Basin
Battle of Hembrillo Basin. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1880
WhereNew Mexico, United States32.924N, 106.645W
OutcomeApache victory, women and children evacuated and U.S. Army kept at bay
BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstApache
Casualties and losses2 killed; 5 woundedandPerhaps 3 dead
Part ofApache Wars1849 to 1924

Where it sits in the Apache Wars

Battle at Pozo Hediondo, 1851Battle of Cooke's Spring, 1857Battle of the Mimbres River, 1860First Battle of Dragoon Springs, 1862Battle of Mount Gray, 1864Skirmish in Doubtful Canyon, 1864Battle of Fort Buchanan, 1865Battle of Hembrillo Basin, 1880Battle of Fort Tularosa, 1880Battle of Cibecue Creek, 1881Battle of Fort Apache, 1881Battle of Big Dry Wash, 1882Renegade period of the Apache Wars, 188718511887Battle of Hembrillo Basin, 1880
13 placed engagements of the Apache Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1880 (year precision)
to 7 April 1880
PlaceNew Mexico, United States
32.924N, 106.645W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength220 cavalry, 150 Indian scouts~150 warriors
Casualties and losses2 killed; 5 woundedPerhaps 3 dead
Commanders
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Battle of Hembrillo Basin is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,264 in present-day United States (26 in New Mexico).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871208, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hembrillo Basin, revision 1379347648, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.