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Battle of Big Dry Wash

Battle of Big Dry Wash
Part of Apache Wars

A U.S. cavalry officer
DateJuly 17, 1882
Location
Result United States victory
Belligerents
Apache  United States
Commanders and leaders
Na-tio-tish United States Adna Chaffee
Strength
~60 warriors 350 cavalry
Casualties and losses
20 killed 2 killed
6 wounded

The Battle of Big Dry Wash was fought on July 17, 1882, between troops of the United States Army's 3rd Cavalry Regiment and 6th Cavalry Regiment and members of the White Mountain Apache tribe.[1]: 276 The location of the battle was called "Big Dry Wash" in Major Evans' official report, but later maps called the location "Big Dry Fork", which is how it is cited in the four Medal of Honor citations that resulted from the battle.[1]: 276–77 

  1. ^ a b Cozzens, Peter (2001). Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890, Volume 1. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. pp. 269–276. ISBN 0-8117-0572-2. Retrieved 2009-04-18.