What the records say
- When
- Apr 1857
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 30.71° N, 112.15° W
- Description
- culmination of the eight day Battle of Caborca
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Crabb massacre
Culmination of the eight day Battle of Caborca
The Crabb Massacre was the culmination of the eight-day Battle of Caborca. It was fought between Mexico and their O'odham allies against irregular forces from the United States in April 1857. Due to the outbreak of the Reform War in Mexico between conservatives and liberals (1858–1860), the rebel Ignacio Pesqueira invited the U.S. politician Henry A.
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