The Apache campaign of 1886

The collection documents in detail the last year of the U.S. Army's pursuit of Geronimo. The majority of the material is from 1886 and consists of correspondence, telegrams, general military orders, reports, and other documents of the U.S. Army's Department of Arizona. The focus of the collection is reports of scouting operations and military skirmishes with the Apaches in the Arizona Territory, New Mexico Territory, and Mexico.