GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.664378000000
Longitude: -101.694518000000
Longitude: -101.694518000000
County:
- Crockett
Date:
December 26, 1867
Time Period:
Description:
A large combined force of Lipan Apaches, Kickapoos, Mexicans, and rogue Settlers (supposed ex-Confederates)—numbering in the hundreds—raid Fort Lancaster, twenty-nine mies west of present-day Ozona. Black soldiers of the 9th Cavalry eventually repel the attack, killing twenty of the attackers and losing three of their own.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 212-213.
Black Infantry Soldiers Original Title: Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, som wearing buffalo Robes
Image Type: Photograph
Creator: Chr. Barthelmess
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.11406/
Image Accessed: May 13, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.664378000000
Longitude: -101.694518000000
Longitude: -101.694518000000
County:
- Crockett
Date:
December 26, 1867
Event Description:
A large combined force of Lipan Apaches, Kickapoos, Mexicans, and rogue Settlers (supposed ex-Confederates)—numbering in the hundreds—raid Fort Lancaster, twenty-nine mies west of present-day Ozona. Black soldiers of the 9th Cavalry eventually repel the attack, killing twenty of the attackers and losing three of their own.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Apaches
- Lipans
- Kickapoos
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 212-213.
Black Infantry Soldiers Original Title: Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, som wearing buffalo Robes
Image Type: Photograph
Creator: Chr. Barthelmess
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.11406/
Image Accessed: May 13, 2019