Letter
E. D. R. S. Canby, September 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO,
September 22, 1861.
: Santa Fé, N. Mex., September 22, 1861.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Western Department, Saint Louis, Mo. :
SIR: I have the honor to report that affairs in this department are progressing favorably. About 650 volunteers have been mustered into the service since my last report, and I think that six companies of the . Fourth Regiment can be raised in this Territory and the remainder can be procured in Colorado. A collision has occurred between the volunteers at Fort Fauntleroy and a party of Navajo Indians. Twelve Indians are reported to have been killed and forty captured. The details . will be reported by the.next mail.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,. `
E. D. R. S. CANBY,
Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Commanding Department.
Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Commanding Department.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 1861. Summary: Colonel Canby reports favorable progress in New Mexico with 650 volunteers mustered, plans to raise additional companies, and a recent conflict resulting in Navajo casualties and captives.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4
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