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Battle of Devil's Creek

Battle of Devil's Creek
Part of Geronimo's War, Apache Wars
DateMay 22, 1885
Location
Result United States victory
Belligerents
 United States Apache
Commanders and leaders
United States James Parker
United States Charles B. Gatewood
Geronimo
Strength
unknown ~25 warriors
Casualties and losses
3 wounded unknown

The Battle of Devil's Creek was a military engagement during Geronimo's War, fought on May 22, 1885 near Alma, New Mexico. Though it was a minor skirmish, it was the first battle of the Geronimo campaign and ended after the Apaches were routed from their positions.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Eastern Apacheria Battles". 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)