Battle of Peralta

Battle of Peralta
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War
DateApril 14, 1862
Location
Peralta, New Mexico Territory;
now in Valencia County, New Mexico
Result
  • Destruction of Peralta
Belligerents
 United States  Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Edward Canby Thomas Green
Strength
2nd New Mexico Infantry
1st Colorado Infantry		 4th Texas Cavalry
7th Texas Cavalry
Casualties and losses
1 killed
3 wounded		 4–6 killed
3 wounded/captured
22 captured

The Battle of Peralta was a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign.

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