What is Battle of Valverde?
[[File:Valverde battle -- 1862.gif|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|A map of the Battle of Valverde, Feb 20-21, 1862}}]] The '''Battle of Valverde''' was an [[American Civil War]] [[battle]] fought from February 20 to February 21, 1862.<ref>John Taylor, ''Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862'' (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999), p. 150</ref> It was fought near the present day town of Valverde, [[New Mexico]]. This town was at a [[wikt:ford|ford]] across the [[Rio Grande]] [[river]] in what was at the time [[Confederate Arizona]].<ref>Joseph P. Sánchez; Robert L. Spude; Art Gómez, ''New Mexico: A History'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013), pp. 131–32</ref> The battle was a major success in the [[New Mexico campaign]] of the Southern states. The [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[cavalry]] from [[Texas]] and several companies of Arizona [[militia]] fought [[Union Army]] [[Regular army|regulars]] and Union [[Military volunteer|volunteers]] from [[north]]ern New Mexico and [[Colorado]]. [[Colonel]] [[Kit Carson]] commanded the 1st New Mexico (Union) [[Infantry]].<ref>Edwin Legrand Sabin, ''Kit Carson Days (1809-1868)'' (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1914), p. 533</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Valverde, Battle of}} [[Category:American Civil War battles]] [[Category:19th century in New Mexico]] [[Category:1862 in the United States]] [[Category:1862 events]] {{multistub|history|US}}