Second Battle of Tucson | |||||||
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Part of the Apache-Mexico Wars | |||||||
![]() The reconstructed bastion of Fort Tucson, 2009. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() | Apache | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() | unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
62 cavalry 10 native scouts ~1 artillery 1 fort | ~600 warriors | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 3 wounded | 8-30 killed | ||||||
Civilian Casualties: 1 killed |
The Second Battle of Tucson or the May Day Attack took place in Tucson, Arizona, and the neighboring pueblo. It occurred during the Mexican Apache Wars on May 1, 1782, between a small garrison of Spanish soldiers and hundreds of Apache warriors.