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 Apache Battleground
N 32° 53.431 W 105° 28.673
13S E 455302 N 3639250
Marker comemorating a battle during the Apache Wars
Waymark Code: WM373M
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2008
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Marker (left) and the battlefield today |
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Strangely, this marker in the tiny village of Mayhill, NM is not listed on the official New Mexico Historic Markers website.
However, it received statewide recognition in 2001 thanks to a Newspaper article. The marker commemorates an 1855 battle between the US Cavalry and the Mescalero Apaches during the Apache Wars.
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History::
Captain Henry W. Stanton lead a group of 74 soldiers in pursuit of Apache Indians when, on January 19, 1855 he and two of his infantry men were killed in an ambush near James Canyon. In the battle following the attack, 11 or 12 Mescalero warriors were killed by the Cavalry.
The remains of the Captain and his two men were returned to Fort Fillmore were they received a burial with full military honors. Only two months later, on March 19, 1855, the site for a new fort in the heart of Mescalero country was selected and the fort was later named Fort Stanton. The names of the Apache warriors who lost their life together with Captain Stanton and his men are lost in history.
Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: [Web Link]
Additional Point: Not Listed
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