The Battle Of Valverde

[Jim Klag]

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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Remembering the Battle of Valverde

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The Battle of Valverde, New Mexico: February 21, 1862

General Edward R.S. Canby commanded U.S. forces at the battle of Valverde. Library of Congress. ill Davidson was cooking up his meager breakfast on the morning of February 21, 1862 when he heard th…

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