First Battle of Adobe Walls

(November 25, 1865) Largest Indian battle in Civil War. 15 miles east, at ruins of Bent's Old Fort, on the Canadian. 3,000 Comanches and Kiowas, allies of the South, met 372 Federals under Col. Kit Carson, famous scout and mountain man. Though Carson made a brilliant defense - called greatest fight of his career - the Indians won. Some of the same Indians lost in 1874 Battle of Adobe Walls, though they outnumbered 700 to 29 the buffalo hunters whose victory helped open the Panhandle to settlement. (1965)

First Battle of Adobe Walls is a historical marker in Stinnett, Hutchinson County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Hutchinson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 23 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 35.8923, -101.4475 near Stinnett. The nearest cataloged historic site is "Birthplace of Hutchinson County" Isaac McCormack Cottage (historical marker), about 4.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hutchinson County Courthouse, Drift Fence, and Lieb Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5233001690. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.