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The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881. [1] The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney ("Billy the Kid").
The Battle of Lincoln, New Mexico, so-called Five-Day Battle or Five-Day Siege, [1] [2] was a five-day-long firefight between the Murphy-Dolan Faction and the Regulators that took place between July 15–19, 1878, in Lincoln, New Mexico. [3] [4] It was the largest armed battle of the Lincoln County War in the New Mexico Territory.
1878: Lincoln County, New Mexico: On July 15–19, during the Battle of Lincoln (part of the Lincoln County War) 150 cavalry-men arrived from Fort Stanton, under the command of Lieutenant George Smith (later Colonel Nathan Dudley) to assist the Murphy-Dolan Faction in attacking the Lincoln County Regulators vigilante group. 5 dead, 8–28 wounded.
Articles relating to the Lincoln County War (1878-1881), an Old West conflict between rival factions in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico. The conflict began between two factions competing for profits from dry goods and cattle interests in the county.
The Lincoln County War brought him to the front, but several of the other Regulators were actually the driving force behind the events, and had a history of killing alongside one another prior to the war. Ab Saunders, Charlie Bowdre, Doc Scurlock, Frank Coe, and George Coe had previously killed rustlers together.
They ambushed and murdered Tunstall on February 18, 1878, which ignited the Lincoln County War. Several days later, on March 9, 1878, the Lincoln County Regulators , a vigilante posse formed by Tunstall and McSween supporters and at the time led by Dick Brewer caught Morton and Baker, and executed both men.
Almost since its inception nearly 80 years ago the McInnes family from Lincoln County has kept the living history of the Lincoln County War alive.
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