Abandonment of Fort Stanton, New Mexico Territory
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- Union units abandon their position at Fort Stanton seven miles southeast of present-day Capitan in Lincoln County, New Mexico on August 2, 1861.
Sub-Operations
- This engagement is part of the Early Operations in New Mexico Territory
Union Troops
- Union forces
Confederate Troops
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 616, 650, 983, 988)
- Wikipedia - Fort Stanton, New Mexico