GeoCoords:
Latitude: 26.907196000000
Longitude: -99.270891000000
Longitude: -99.270891000000
County:
- Zapata
Date:
February 7, 1852
Time Period:
Description:
Lt. John Gibbon orders Cpl. Stanger and ten U.S. troops to track and attack a band of Comanches suspected of raiding. Stanger and his men find ten Comanches in the vicinity of Zapata. Three Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2003), 14.
Brigadier General John Gibbon Original Title: Brig. Gen. John Gibbon
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: https://www.nps.gov/people/johngibbon.htm
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 26.907196000000
Longitude: -99.270891000000
Longitude: -99.270891000000
County:
- Zapata
Date:
February 7, 1852
Event Description:
Lt. John Gibbon orders Cpl. Stanger and ten U.S. troops to track and attack a band of Comanches suspected of raiding. Stanger and his men find ten Comanches in the vicinity of Zapata. Three Indians are killed.
Event Type:
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), 14.
Brigadier General John Gibbon Original Title: Brig. Gen. John Gibbon
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Image Viewed: https://www.nps.gov/people/johngibbon.htm