Cochise War

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The Cochise War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Chiricahua Apache led by Chief Cochise and the United States, marked by raids and guerrilla warfare across the Southwest following a breakdown in relations in 1861.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chiricahua Wars 2
Cochise War canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause breakdown in relations between Cochise and U.S. authorities in 1861 ⓘ
characterizedBy cross-border operations ⓘ
prolonged frontier violence ⓘ
commander Cochise (Apache leader) ⓘ
surface form: Cochise

U.S. Army officers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army officers
conflictType Mimbres Apache conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Apache–United States conflict

Indian War ⓘ
conflictWith U.S. expansion into Apache territory ⓘ
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicGroupInvolved Apache ⓘ
hasPart ambushes of military patrols ⓘ
hostage-taking incidents ⓘ
raids on settlements ⓘ
historicalPeriod United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: American Indian Wars
location southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Arizona Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
northern Mexico borderlands ⓘ
namedAfter Cochise (Apache leader) ⓘ
surface form: Cochise
notableLeader Cochise (Apache leader) ⓘ
surface form: Cochise
opponent U.S. settlers in the Southwest ⓘ
participant Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf broader U.S.–Apache conflicts in the 19th century ⓘ
primaryBelligerentGroup Chiricahua Apache ⓘ
surface form: Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache
relatedTo Apache Wars ⓘ
Bascom Affair ⓘ
Chiricahua Apache history ⓘ
result eventual U.S. military dominance in the region ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
temporalLocation mid-19th century ⓘ
useOfTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run raids ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apache Wars → hasPart → Cochise War ⓘ
Apache Wars → hasPart → Cochise War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Wars
Chiricahua Apache → involvedInConflict → Cochise War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chiricahua Wars