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February 21, 1862 - The Engagement at Valverde, the New Mexico Territory, near Fort Craig, with Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley, CSA, routing Col. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, USA.
Battle of Valverde
On February 21, 1862, at the Battle of Valverde, Confederate troops under General Henry Hopkins Sibley attack Union troops commanded by Colonel Edward R. S. Canby near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory. The first major engagement of the Civil War in the far West, the battle produced heavy...
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