. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . much trouble to both the Union andrebel commanders in their respective districts. The Mescalero Apaches,Kiowas, Comanches, and Navajoes were constantly making forays on Canbysdistrict, while in the southern district the Gila River and Chiricahua Apacheswere causing trouble for Baylor. During the first week in January, 1862, Sibley commenced the march upthe Rio Grande with his command, and arrived at Fort Thorn. On the7th of February he left Fo
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . much trouble to both the Union andrebel commanders in their respective districts. The Mescalero Apaches,Kiowas, Comanches, and Navajoes were constantly making forays on Canbysdistrict, while in the southern district the Gila River and Chiricahua Apacheswere causing trouble for Baylor. During the first week in January, 1862, Sibley commenced the march upthe Rio Grande with his command, and arrived at Fort Thorn. On the7th of February he left Fort Thorn for Fort Craig. On the 16th a recon-noissance in force was made to within two miles of the post, which wasmet by the dispatch of a force of cavalry, whereupon the Confederates with-drew a short distance down the river, and on the 19th crossed over to theeastern bank. On the 20th a considerable force of Union troops left the fort,and, crossing the river, made a feint of attack on the Confederate camp nearthe river crossing. The Confederates immediately placed all their artillery in THE CONFEDERATE INVASION OF NEIV MEXICO AND ARIZONA. 105. MAP OF THE CAMPAIGN AND OF SIBLEYS RETREAT. MAP OF FORT CRAIG AND VALVERDE. battery and commenced firing, whereupon the Union artillery and cavalryreturned to the fort, leaving the infantry to watch the enemy, who thatnight made a dry camp in the sand-hills directly opposite to and withinsight of Fort Craig, at a distance of less than two miles. No operationswere attempted by either party dm-ing the night, with the exception ofPaddyGraydons mule attack upon the Confederate camp.| 4. Captain James Graydon (familiarly known as Paddy Graydon) had been a soldier in the reg-ular army, and on the approach of the Confederateshad been authorized to organize an independentspy company, and as such it was mustered into theservice of the United States. As its name implies,it was truly an independent company. It wasseldom under the restraint of a s
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