Western Campaign - New Mexico & Arizona

Battles and Skirmishes

Bill Manly - Researcher

Battle of Fort Fillmore, July 25-27,1861
Confederate: 4 companies, 2nd Mounted Vols., Commanding: Lt. Col. John R. Baylor,
Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, Commanding: Capt. Thomas Helm: 308 men total, Commanded by Lt. Col. Baylor.
Losses: Union: 3 killed, 6 Wounded, captured 400 prisoners, Confederate: 0 losses.

Ambush at Picacho (Cook's Canon, N.M.), August 15(?), 1861
Confederate: Elements, Arizona Vols., Commanding: Capt. Thomas Helm, Elements, Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, Commanding: T.T. Teel, Elements, 2nd Texas Vols., Commanding: Lt. Col. John Baylor, Company of 100 Men Total.
Losses: Union: 0, Confederate: 0.

Alamosa, N.M., Sept. 25-27, 1861
Confederate: 3 Companies, Arizona Vols., 118 men total, Commanding: Capt. Bethel Coopwood.
Losses: Union: 10 killed, ? wounded, Confederate: 2 killed, 8 wounded.

Indian Expedition, Late Fall, 1861
Confederate: Elements, I Company, Arizona Vols., 50 men total, Commanding: Capt. Thomas Helm, Indians: GilaRiver and Chiricahua Bans.
Losses: Confederate: 50 missing: Indians, (?).

Skirmish Below Fort Craig, N.M., Feb. 16, 1862
Confederate: I Company(?), Texas Cavalry, Company of 50 men.
Losses: 0.

Val Verde, N.M., Feb. 21,1862
Confederate: Elements: 4th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Lt Col. W.R. Scurry,
5th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Col. Thomas Green, 5 Companies of 2nd Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Maj. Charles Pyron, 5 Companies 7th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Lt Col. John Sutton, Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, Commanding: Capt. T.T. Teel, Company of 2600 men total, Commanded by Brig. Gen. H.H. Sibley.
Losses: Union: 68 killed, 160 wounded, 35 missing, Confederate: 31 killed, 154 wounded, 1 missing.

The Affair at Tuscon, Arizona, March 12(?), 1862
Confederate: Elements, Arizona Vols., 30 men total, Commanding: Capt. Sherod Hunter.
Losses: Union: 9 prisoners, Confederate: 0 Losses.

Skirmishes Along the Rio Grande, N.M., Late Feb., Early Mar., 1862
Confederate: Same as Val Verde, Company of 2500 men total.
Losses: Union: all prisoners or missing, Confederate: 0 losses.

Skirmishes at Pigeon's Ranch, N.M., Mar. 25, 1862
Confederate: Squad of Arizona Vols., Commanded by Lt. McIntire, 4 men total.
Losses: Union: 0, Confederate: 4 prisoners.

Battle of Apache Canon, N.M., Mar. 26,1862
Confederate: 5 Companies, 2nd Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Maj. Charles Pyron,
4 Companies, 5th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: J.S.S. Shropshire, Section Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, Commanding: Lt. James Bradford, 1 Company, Arizona Vols., Commanding: Capt. John Phillips, Company of 500 Men total, Commanded by Maj. Pyron.
Losses: Union: 5 killed, 14 wounded, Confederate: 32 killed, 43 wounded, 71 missing.

Battle of Glorita Pass, N.M., Mar. 28, 1862
Confederate: 5 Companies, 2nd Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Maj. Charles Pyron, 4 Companies, 5th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: J.S.S. Shropshire, 4th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Col. William Scurry, 5 Companies, 7th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Maj. Powhatan Jordan, 1 Company, Arizona Vols., Commanding: Capt. John Phillips, Section Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, Commanding: Lt. James Bradford. Company of 1100 men, Commanded by Col. Scurry.
Losses: Union: 31 killed, 50-75 wounded, 30 missing, Confederate: 36 killed, 60 wounded, 25 missing.

Skirmish 80 miles East of Fort Yuma, Calif., Apr. 2-3, 1862
Confederate: Element, Arizona Vols., Company of 15-20 men total, Commanded by ?.
Losses: 0.

Siege of Albuquerque, N.M., Apr. 8-9, 1862
Confederate: 5th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Col. Thomas Green, 2 Sections Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, Commanding: Capt. T.T. Teel, Arizona Vols., Commanding: Capt. Bethel Coopwood, Company of 700 men total, Commanded by Col. Green.
Losses: ?.

Capitulation of Santa Fe, N.M., Apr. 12, 1862
Confederate: Unorganized Elements, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th Texas Mounted Vols., Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, and Arizona Vols., Company of 250 men total.
Losses: Union: 0, Confederate: 250 prisoners.

Battle of Peralta, N.M., Apr. 15,1862
Confederate: 5th Texas Mounted Vols., Commanding: Col. Thomas Green, Elements, 2nd and 7th Texas Mounted Vols., Battery B, 1st Texas Artillery, Company of 800 Men, Commanded by Col. Green.
Losses: ?

Battle of Picacho Pass, Arizona, April 15, 1862
Confederate: Element, 9 men, Arizona Vols., Commanded by Lt. Jack Swilling.
Losses: Union: 4 killed and/or wounded, Confedrate: 8 killed, wounded and/or captured.

Skirmish at Socorro, N.M., April 21,1862
Confederate: Unorganized Element of Texas Mounted Vols., 7 men total.
Losses: Union: 0, Confederate: 7 prisoners.

Capitulation of Socorro, N.M., April 21, 1862
Confederate: Unorganized Elements of Texas Mounted Vols., 75 men total.
Losses: Union: 0, Confederate: 75 prisoners.

Indian Conflict in Arizona, Between 4-29 May to August, 1862
Confederate: I Company, Arizona Vols., Company of 90 men, Commanded by Sherod Hunter, Indian: Mimbreno Apache, Mangas Coloradas, Chiricahua Apache, Cochise, Gila River Apache, Unk total of Indians.
Losses: Confederate: Company of 90 missing, Indian: ?.

Piriji, N.M., May 21, 1862
Confederate: Unk. number of men.
Losses: 0.