Regional1840

Battle of the Colorado River (1840)

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United States

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Colorado (1840), part of the Comanche Indian Wars. Texas defeated Comanche Indians. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

Texas
Comanche Indians

ON THE MAPRepublic of TexasComanche Comancheria

Conflict graph

PART OFComanche Wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of the Colorado River (1840) (1840). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-colorado · Sources & methodology