the arizona rangers won the battle of picacho pass in arizona.
the arizona rangers won the battle of picacho pass in arizona.
who won the battle of picacho pass in arizona?
the arizona rangers
when news of the capture of mccleave got back to fort yuma, a larger force under captain william calloway was sent along the same route with orders to find and free captain mccleave and his men. calloway's force clashed with elements of company a burning hay at stanwix station and after a brief skirmish, the arizona rangers retreated to tucson. afterward calloway reached the pima villages, the main supply point between fort yuma and tucson and after a short rest, set out toward tucson. as they approached picacho pass, indian scouts brought in information that confederate pickets were just ahead. lieutenant james barrett and a small group of his company a, first cavalry were ordered to make a wide detour to strike them on the flank, while calloway would make a frontal attack with the main party. in the following battle of picacho pass the barret's california cavalry engaged alone and suffered defeat in a brisk engagement. the confederates watched the california cavalry retreat, then they fell back to tucson, to warn tucson's garrison of the approaching union army.
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the battle of picacho pass or the battle of picacho peak was an engagement of the american civil war on april 15, 1862. the action occurred around picacho peak, northwest of tucson, arizona. it was fought between a union cavalry patrol from california and a party of confederate pickets from tucson, and marks the westernmost battle of the american civil war.









































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