Battle of Canada Alamosa
Part of the American Civil War in New Mexico Territory (1861) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Canada Alamosa as it was known to the Union Army, or Alamosa as it was known to the Confederates, was a skirmish of the American Civil War on the late evening of September 24 and the morning of September 25, 1861. It was one of several small battles that occurred in Confederate Arizona near the border with Union held New Mexico Territory, this one being the largest.
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Battle of Canada Alamosa | |||||||
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Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
The Canada Alamosa battlefield | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Confederate States | United States | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bethel Coopwood | John H. Minks | ||||||
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112 cavalry | ~100 cavalry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed 7 wounded |
4 killed 6 wounded 23 captured |
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