Battle of Valverde
The Battle of Valverde, also known as the Battle of Valverde Ford, was fought from February 20 to 21, 1862, near the town of Val Verde at a ford of the Rio Grande in Union-held New Mexico Territory, in what is today the state of New Mexico. It is considered a major Confederate success in the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War, despite the invading force abandoning the field and, eventually, retreating from the territory entirely. The belligerents were Confederate cavalry from Texas and several companies of Arizona militia versus U.S. Army regulars and Union volunteers from northern New Mexico Territory and the Colorado Territory.
| Battle of Valverde | |||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Edward Canby Alexander McRae † |
Henry Hopkins Sibley Thomas Green | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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1st and 3rd U.S. Cavalry 5th, 7th and 10th U.S. Infantry McRae's Battery (Artillery) 2nd Colorado Infantry 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th New Mexico Infantry Graydon's Independent Cavalry Company 1st and 2nd New Mexico Militia |
2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th Texas Cavalry | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Department of New Mexico: 3,000 | Army of New Mexico: 2,590 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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68 killed 160 wounded 204 captured or missing (mostly deserters) 6 artillery pieces captured Total: 432 |
36 killed 150 wounded 1 missing Total: 187 | ||||||
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