Battle of the Diablo Mountains | |||||||
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Part of the Apache Wars | |||||||
A Lipan Apache, circa 1857 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Apache | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John G. Walker | unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~40 cavalry | ~200+ warriors | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown, 1 known wounded | Unknown |
The Battle of the Diablo Mountains was an October 1854 engagement between the U.S. Army and the Lipan Apache. A small force of Mounted Rifles attacked a much larger force of Lipan Apaches at the base of the Diablo Mountains in Texas.