Military/Diplomatic - Union
Tangier, Morocco
US Console James de Long seized two officers from the Confederate cruiser, CSS Sumter, John Smith and T.T. Tunstall. (After a long furor the pair will be released.)
New York City
Convicted slave trader Nathaniel Gordon is hanged.
Military - Confederate
New Mexico Territory
Up the valley of the Rio Grande in New Mexico territory, about 2600 Confederates under Brigadier General H.H. Sibley marched toward Fort Craig, held by Union forces under Colonel E. R. S. CAnby. The engagement of Valverde resulted from a contest over a ford by which the Confederates intended to cut off the fort on the west side of the Rio GRande. After brisk fighting, the Union forces withdrew to the fort, and the Confederate column continued its march north, toward Santa FE, bypassing Fort Craig.
Canby's men had 3810 men, with 68 killed, 160 wounded and 35 missing. Confederates lost 31 killed, 154 wounded, and 1 missing
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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