Pre-1900 US Military, Militia & Law Enforcement Deployments to Dragoon and Immediate Area

Dragoon was the waypoint for many travelers heading east or west. With water at Dragoon Springs and other local springs being available much of the traffic heading either direction utilized Dragoon Pass. 

 

As we find documented military deployments to Dragoon, they will get posted here in an attempt to compile an exhaustive list of military activity in Dragoon. 

 

The US Military Dragoons were the precursor to the US Calvary. Some Dragoons were initially stationed in Dragoon. Is that were Dragoon got its name?

 

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Picture of  US Dragoon re-enactment. Photo credit: https://www.army.mil/article/120755/reunited_dragoons_come_home

1882, 300 troops in Dragoon 

Locals organize into "militia" type organization.                                                                                      Lt, Bendire & Pardee, Maj. Babcock unsuccessfully chase Apaches

General Howard and party in Dragoon, Nov. 1872                                                                                Cpt. Sladen et al attended peace talks in Dragoon.

Lt. Henely and 6th Cavalry in Dragoon                                                                                                          Lt. Reilly commanding 5th Cavalry in Dragoon

Capt. Beauford leads 75 day pursuit of hostile Indians in and around Dragoon Mountains. (Duplicate report below reported as Cpt. Buford?)

Letter from Camp Bowie, 60 men  unsuccessfully attempt to give battle                               Lt. Babcock and the 5th Calvary chase Indians around and out of Dragoon

Gen. Crook takes more than 250 men to attempt to eradicate Cochise and his men. Leave Tucson June 19th heading to Dragoon.

Cpt Buford, Gov. Safford and men, spend 77 days scouring area for Indians.                           Lt. Rucker searches Dragoon and finds Indian trail and follows it.

Gen. McKenzie replaced Gen. Willcox                                                                                                           October 22nd, 1881 ~ "All Day Battle" in Dragoon! 

Soldiers run out of Dragoon by Apache, Crook has 1,000 soldiers at Ft. Bowie                      100 Cavalry sent to Dragoon

Military heliograph camps on both ends of the Dragoons

4 Companies (400 soldiers) send to Dragoon Summit, Gen. Forsythe                                        Dragoon fortified

1500 soldiers and citizens converge on Dragoon, Aug, 1885                                                               400 Cavalry troops from Phoenix to meet 100 soldiers in Dragoon, 1883

1881, Capt. Carroll with a couple hundred Cavalry to Dragoon Summit 

1886, Cavalry to Dragoon                                                                                                                                              Lt. Hurst from Huachuca to meet cavalry in Dragoon

Wyatt Earp in Dragoon During Vendetta Ride. Posse follows. 

1883, Cpt. Dougherty & Lt. Gatewood, 500 men to patrol Dragoon Summit, etc.                  Lt. Blake, 100 Cavalry to Dragoon Pass

1885, Cpt. Lawton in Dragoon                                                                                                                               1893 Surveyors camp in Dragoon