Battle of Valverde

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The Battle of Valverde was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in the New Mexico Territory, where Confederate forces from Texas clashed with Union troops in an attempt to secure control of the Southwest.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Valverde canonical 10
Battle of Valverde Ford 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
aimOfConfederates to open a route to Colorado and California ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Valverde Ford ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Valverde
belligerent Army of New Mexico ⓘ
Confederate Arizona ⓘ
Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
United States ⓘ
campaignCommanderConfederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley ⓘ
campaignCommanderUnion Colonel Edward Canby ⓘ
linked to: Edward R. S. Canby
casualtiesSide Confederate casualties ⓘ
Union casualties ⓘ
commander Edward Canby ⓘ
linked to: Edward R. S. Canby

Henry Hopkins Sibley ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryAtTime United States ⓘ
date February 21, 1862 ⓘ
engagementType land battle ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Albuquerque ⓘ
Battle of Glorieta Pass ⓘ
Battle of Peralta ⓘ
forcesInvolved Confederate troops from Texas ⓘ
Union volunteer and regular troops from New Mexico and Colorado ⓘ
front Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ
location Valverde, New Mexico Territory ⓘ
near Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory ⓘ
nearWater Rio Grande ⓘ
objective to bypass and neutralize Fort Craig ⓘ
to secure control of the Southwest ⓘ
opposedBy Union forces defending Fort Craig ⓘ
partOf New Mexico Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Confederate advance up the Rio Grande Valley ⓘ
region Southwest ⓘ
relatedMilitaryUnit Army of New Mexico (Confederate) ⓘ
linked to: Army of New Mexico

Department of New Mexico (Union) ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
river Rio Grande ⓘ
stateOriginOfConfederateForces Texas ⓘ
strategicSignificance enabled Confederate occupation of Albuquerque and Santa Fe ⓘ
temporary Confederate control of the upper Rio Grande Valley ⓘ
territorialContext New Mexico Territory ⓘ
theater New Mexico Campaign ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
year 1862 ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of New Mexico → engagement → Battle of Valverde ⓘ
John the Good → battle → Battle of Valverde ⓘ
Nuno Álvares Pereira → notableBattle → Battle of Valverde ⓘ
Battle of Glorieta Pass → precededBy → Battle of Valverde ⓘ
Henry Hopkins Sibley → battle → Battle of Valverde ⓘ
Battle of Valverde → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Valverde Ford ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Valverde
Sibley’s Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of Valverde ⓘ
Val Verde County → namedAfter → Battle of Valverde ⓘ