Third Battle of Tucson (1782): Difference between revisions

Third Battle of Tucson
Part of the Spanish-Apache Wars
Date December 25, 1782 Location Tucson, Sonora Modern Day: Tucson, Arizona Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	Apache
Commanders and leaders
Captain Pedro Allande y Saabedra	unknown
Strength
~60 cavalry	~200 warriors
Casualties and losses
unknown	6 killed, unknown wounded

The Third Battle of Tucson was a battle during the Spanish colonization of Sonora, now the present day Arizona of the United States. On Christmas Day 1782, Apaches attacked Tucson for a third time, specifically the cattle herds. General Pedro Allande y Saabedra described the attack later on; “More than 200 seized the cattle which were recovered by the parties of troops which he dispatched in their pursuit inasmuch as the wound in his leg was still open. They were able to kill six of the Apache aggressors, whose heads were cut off.” The heads were later placed along the presidio walls, meant to scare off potential threats.

See also

• Capture of Tucson (1846)
• Capture of Tucson (1862)
• Siege of Tubac
• American Indian Wars
• Apache Wars
• Navajo Wars

References

1. Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1888, History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530–1888. The History Company, San Francisco.
2. Cooper, Evelyn S., 1995, Tucson in Focus: The Buehman Studio. Arizona Historical Society, Tucson. (ISBN 0-910037-35-3).
3. Dobyns, Henry F., 1976, Spanish Colonial Tucson. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. (ISBN 0-8165-0546-2).
4. Drachman, Roy P., 1999, From Cowtown to Desert Metropolis: Ninety Years of Arizona Memories. Whitewing Press, San Francisco. (ISBN 1-888965-02-9.