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The Daily Dispatch: April 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
ph line. The Confederate victory in New Mexico. Although we have heretofore published pretty full accounts of Gen. Sibley's victory in New Mexico, the following extract from a letter to W. H. Macwillie, Esq., member of the House of Represent: "We have just received by express, from Fort Graig important news. A battle was fought between the forces of Gen. Sibley and Gen. Canby on the 21st February, which resulted in the complete defeat of the latter with great loss. The particuct that this has been the closet contested battle of the war, and perhaps the bloodiest for the numbers engaged. "Gen. Sibley, with his command, numbering, rank and fire, 2,300 men, left Fort Thorn, 56 miles below Fort Craig, about the 18th of ir battery across the river, which was done, and the battery was planted upon the bank. As soon as the battery opened Gen. Sibley knew it had crossed and immediately ordered a general charge, which was done as Texans only can do it. Starting at a d