Battle of Albuquerque

Battle of Albuquerque
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War
DateApril 8, 1862 (1862-04-08)–April 9, 1862 (1862-04-09)
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Result Union victory[1]
Belligerents
United States United States of America Confederate States of America Confederate States of America
Commanders and leaders
United States Edward R. S. Canby Confederate States of America Henry Hopkins Sibley
Strength
~1,150 ~850
Casualties and losses
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]

  1. ^ a b Alberts p.158
  2. ^ At least one officer (Maj. Thomas Duncan, 3rd U.S. Cavalry) was wounded. Eicher, 2001, p. 217.
  3. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 798.
  4. ^ 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.