Battle of Turret Peak

Battle of Turret Peak
	Part of the Yavapai War, Apache Wars
	; George Crook during the Tonto Basin Campaign.
Date	March 27, 1873
Location	Tonto Basin, Arizona Territory34°14′53″N 111°51′53″W / 34.24806°N 111.86472°W
Result	United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Yavapai; Apache
Commanders and leaders
George Crook; George M. Randall	Delshay
Casualties and losses
none	57 killed

The Battle of Turret Peak occurred March 27, 1873 in the

Lieutenant Colonel George Crook

's campaign to return the natives to reservations.

Background

In June 1871, George Crook was assigned to the

Tonto Basin Campaign to track down members of the tribes and return them to the reservations. Over the course of the operation, there were over twenty clashes, including an attack in December 1872 on a Yavapai camp during the Battle of Salt River Canyon

that ended with seventy-six dead natives. On March 11, 1873, a band of Tonto Apaches attacked and killed three white men. Crook's men tracked the attackers to a Yavapai stronghold on Turret Peak in central Arizona.

Battle

On March 27, 1873, a group of soldiers and

covering fire or rolling rocks. The attack at Turret Peak proved demoralizing to the Yavapai and Tonto (Apache) people. Two weeks after the battle, on April 6, many of the hostiles surrendered to Crook at Camp Verde. Several of the soldiers who fought at Turret Peak were later awarded the Medal of Honor

for their actions.

References

Michno, Gregory (2003). Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850–1890. Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company.
ISBN 0-87842-468-7
.

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"Turret Peak, Arizona". National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
"Bloody Basin and Beyond". thenaturalamerican.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-08.

[1] Michno p.264

[2] "Bloody Basin and Beyond". Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-08.

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