Apache Wars

<p>The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> and various <a href="/facts/Apache/lLKsj4HL">Apache</a> tribal confederations fought in the <a href="/facts/Southwestern_United_States/LjLFs9fC">southwest</a> between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. After the <a href="/facts/Mexican%25E2%2580%2593American_War/7ttRIwah">Mexican–American War</a> in 1846, the United States annexed conflicted territory from Mexico which was the home of both settlers and Apache tribes. Conflicts continued as American settlers came into traditional Apache lands to raise livestock and crops and to mine minerals.
</p><p>The U.S. Army established forts to fight Apache tribal war parties and force Apaches to move to designated <a href="/facts/Indian_reservation/Y52l5YFG">Indian reservations</a> created by the U.S. in accordance with the <a href="/facts/Indian_Removal_Act/FIlg2fVT">Indian Removal Act</a>. Some reservations were not on the traditional areas occupied by the Apache. In 1886, the U.S. Army put over 5,000 soldiers in the field to fight, which <a href="/facts/Geronimo_Campaign/ENxSrPr9">resulted in the surrender</a> of <a href="/facts/Geronimo/433IP1wN">Geronimo</a> and 30 of his followers. This is generally considered the end of the Apache Wars, although conflicts continued between citizens and Apaches. The <a href="/facts/Confederate_States_Army/XlqneAzz">Confederate Army</a> briefly participated in the wars during the early 1860s in <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a>, before being diverted to action in the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">American Civil War</a> in <a href="/facts/New_Mexico/wosJCGaW">New Mexico</a> and <a href="/facts/Arizona/6ayM3swJ">Arizona</a>.
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Apache Wars