Battle of Peralta

Battle of Peralta
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War
DateApril 14, 1862
Location
Result

Union victory

  • Destruction of Peralta
Belligerents
 United States  Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
United States Edward Canby Confederate States of America Thomas Green
Strength
2nd New Mexico Infantry
1st Colorado Infantry
4th Texas Cavalry
7th Texas Cavalry
Casualties and losses
1 killed
3 wounded[1]
4-6 killed
3 wounded/captured
22 captured[1]

The Battle of Peralta was a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign.

  1. ^ a b Whitford, William Clarke (Sep 9, 1906). "Colorado Volunteers in the Civil War: The New Mexico Campaign in 1862". State Historical and Natural History Society. Retrieved Sep 9, 2020 – via Google Books.

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