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The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
The volunteers ran at the first fire, with the exception of Capt. Mink and ten men, who kept up a continual fire from the houses and corrals until daylight, when they surrendered unconditionally, having three men killed and four wounded. No one of Capt. Coopwood's company was hurt. Twenty-five animals, nineteen guns, several revolvers and several boxes of ammunition were taken. The privates taken were sworn not to fight against the Confederacy and discharged; the Captain, Lieutenant, Orderly Sergeant, and three teamsters were made prisoners of war. Both the officers and men declared that they had been trifled with — that they had enlisted expressly and only to fight Indians, and had no desire to fight Americans. Capt. Coopwood then withdrew his men in the direction of Mesilla, and camped thirty miles this side of Alamosa. At sunrise, on the morning of the 26th, while the command was breakfasting, the pickets came running in, announcing the approach of the regulars. In fif