First Battle of Dragoon Springs

First Battle of Dragoon Springs
Part of the Apache Wars, American Civil War
Dragoon Mountains
Date May 5, 1862 Location Dragoon Mountains, New Mexico Territory (USA), Arizona Territory (CSA); now in Cochise County, Arizona Result Apache victory
Belligerents
Confederate States	Apache
Commanders and leaders
Sergeant Sam Ford †	Cochise Francisco
Strength
unknown	~100 warriors
Casualties and losses
4 killed	unknown

31°59′51″N 110°01′21″W / 31.997613°N 110.022508°W / 31.997613; -110.022508

The First Battle of Dragoon Springs was a minor skirmish between a small troop of Confederate dragoons of Governor John R. Baylor's Arizona Rangers, and a band of Apache warriors during the American Civil War. It was fought on May 5, 1862, near the present-day town of Benson, Arizona, in Confederate Arizona.