Five-Day Battle in Lincoln
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The Five-Day Battle in Lincoln was the climactic 1878 gunfight-filled siege in Lincoln, New Mexico, that marked the violent peak of the Lincoln County War and prominently involved figures like Billy the Kid.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Five-Day Battle in Lincoln canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
event in the Lincoln County War
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gun battle ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Billy the Kid became a more widely known outlaw figure
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Regulators faction effectively broken as a major force ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Lincoln
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Five-Day Battle of Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | multiple killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ |
| cause | commercial and political rivalry in Lincoln County ⓘ |
| centerOfFighting | McSween house in Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatant |
Murphy-Dolan faction
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Regulators faction NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Rivers Warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Army detachment from Fort Stanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Lincoln County War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| duration | five days ⓘ |
| endDate | 1878-07-19 ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
accounts of the Lincoln County War
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histories of Billy the Kid ⓘ |
| followedBy | scattered reprisals and manhunts in New Mexico Territory ⓘ |
| hasPart | gunfights in Lincoln, New Mexico ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reconstruction-era New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Lincoln, New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDeath | Alexander McSween NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Alexander McSween
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Billy the Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ Buckshot Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Doc Scurlock NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ George Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ John Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jose Chavez y Chavez NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff George Peppin NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan McSween NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom O’Folliard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier skirmishes of the Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| relatedTo | murder of John Tunstall ⓘ |
| result | end of large-scale organized fighting in the Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| significance | climactic battle of the Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| startDate | 1878-07-15 ⓘ |
| tacticUsed |
siege of buildings held by the Regulators
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use of a howitzer by Murphy-Dolan forces ⓘ |
| year | 1878 ⓘ |
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