Abandonment of Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory
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- Union units abandon their position at Fort Stanton near present-day Socorro in Socorro County, New Mexico on August 23, 1861.
- Also referred to as the Skirmish at Fort Craig
Sub-Operations
- This engagement is part of the Early Operations in New Mexico Territory
Union Troops
- Haspell's (Independent) Cavalry Company (Originally listed in Dyer as Hubbell's Cavalry Company)
Confederate Troops
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Casualties
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 609, 615, 983, 988)
- Wikipedia - Fort Craig, New Mexico