| Battle of Albuquerque | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States of America |
 Confederate States of America | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Edward R. S. Canby |
Henry Hopkins Sibley | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~1,150 | ~850 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 killed[1] Unknown wounded[2] | None | ||||||
The Battle of Albuquerque was a small engagement of the American Civil War in April 1862 between Confederate Brigadier General[3] Henry Hopkins Sibley's Army of New Mexico and a Union force of the Department of New Mexico under Colonel Edward R. S. Canby.[4]
- ^ a b Alberts p.158
- ^ At least one officer (Maj. Thomas Duncan, 3rd U.S. Cavalry) was wounded. Eicher, 2001, p. 217.
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 798.
- ^ Canby was nominated by President Lincoln for promotion to the grade of brigadier general of volunteers on March 22, 1862 and confirmed by the United States Senate on March 31, 1862 to rank from that date but the appointment was not made until April 11, 1862. Eicher, 2001, p. 719.
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