For other conflicts involving the Apache see Apache War (disambiguation).

The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States

United States

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 and Apache

Apache

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s fought in the Southwest from 1849 to 1886, though other minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. The Confederate Army participated in the wars during the early 1860s, for instance in Texas

Texas

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, before being used more extensively during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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 in New Mexico

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 and Arizona

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.