Tombstone Rangers

The Tombstone Rangers were a volunteer force made up from local law men, proprietors, and settlers in the New Mexico territory. Armed with nothing more than pistols and Winchesters, they mainly fought against the Apaches and were extremely brutal against them. During the Second Mexican War, they did not fare well Against the Confederate Army on General Jeb Stuart. They joined forces with a US cavalry regiment but where easily lead into an ambush by the Apaches for which the US Cavalry were highly critical of them. This forced the Rangers onto the defensive where they fought bravely in the town of Tombstone, but were defeated.

After they surrendered, the Apache demanded they all be slaughtered, but General Stuarts refusal of this lead to the Apache and Confederate alliance breaking down.