1862 Civil War battle in Mesilla, Arizona Territory
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Second Battle of Mesilla
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Date
July 1, 1862
Location
Mesilla, Confederate Arizona Modern Day: Mesilla, New Mexico
Result
Union victory, Confederates minor loss.
Belligerents
Confederate States
United States
Commanders and leaders
Captain Sherod Hunter
unknown
Strength
Company A, Herbert's Battalion of Arizona Cavalry 7th Texas Infantry
New Mexican guerillas California Column
Casualties and losses
none, lost several horses and their equipment
none known
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Engagements in Confederate Arizona
1st Mesilla
San Augustine Spring
Tubac
Cookes Canyon
Florida Mountains
Gallinas Mountains
Placito
Pinos Altos
Canada Alamosa
Fort Thorn
Valverde
Stanwix Station
Picacho Pass
Tucson
1st Dragoon Springs
2nd Dragoon Springs
2nd Mesilla
Apache Pass
La Paz
Old Mesilla
The Second Battle of Mesilla was an unusual engagement of the American Civil War. It was fought on July 1, 1862, and was the last engagement between Union and Confederate forces in the Arizona Territory. A skirmish outside of Confederate Arizona's capital of Mesilla between a confederate party and local pro-Union New Mexican guerrillas resisting the Confederate foraging expedition, resulted in a United States victory. Various accounts report from seven to twelve Confederates killed, including their commander Capt. Cleaver of the 7th Texas Infantry and as many as 40 of the local guerrillas.[1]
The arrival of the advance party of the California Column on the west bank of the Rio Grande on July 4, 1862, prompted the rebel army to begin withdrawal to Franklin and then San Antonio three days later, covered by Herbert's Battalion of Arizona Cavalry acting as rearguard.
^Kiser p. 188
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