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The Battle at Apache Pass: Directed by George Sherman. With John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Susan Cabot, Bruce Cowling. When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass.
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- Western
- George Sherman
- 1952-05-09
The Battle at Apache Pass is a 1952 American Western film directed by George Sherman. The stars are John Lund as United States Army Maj. Colton and Jeff Chandler (in brownface) repeating the role of Apache chief Cochise, whom he had played two years earlier in 20th Century Fox's Broken Arrow.
Learn about the 1862 clash between the California Volunteers and the Apache warriors led by Cochise and Mangas Coloradas. Explore the historical context, the battle tactics, and the aftermath of this Civil War-era skirmish in Arizona.
The Battle of Apache Pass was fought in 1862 at Apache Pass, Arizona, in the United States, between Apache warriors and the Union volunteers of the California Column as it marched from California to capture Confederate Arizona and to reinforce New Mexico's Union army.
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General James H. Carleton, leading a Federal army eastward in 1862 to head off the Confederate invasion of New Mexico, fought for two days, July 15th and 16th, in a battle with the Apache for control of nearby Apache Spring.
Indian leader Cochise (Jeff Chandler), whose wife (Susan Cabot) is pregnant, sides with a cavalry major (John Lund) against warring Geronimo.
