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The Daily Dispatch: August 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Death of Major Weightman. (search)
against it. The Surrender of Federal troops. The following is a fuller account of a circumstance already noticed: Independence, Mo., Aug. 19. --The Santa Fe mail and Cannon City Express arrived last evening with dates from Santa Fe to the 5th, and from Cannon City to the 9th inst. A report had reached Santa Fe tSanta Fe to the 5th, and from Cannon City to the 9th inst. A report had reached Santa Fe two days before the mail left that Major Lynch, of the 7th Infantry U. S. Army, in command of about 500 Federal troops, surrendered to a force of Texan troops, some 3,000 strong, without firing a shot. Major Lynch abandoned Fort Fillmore on the 26th ult., and marched toward Fort Staunton, eighteen miles from Fort Fillmore. HeSanta Fe two days before the mail left that Major Lynch, of the 7th Infantry U. S. Army, in command of about 500 Federal troops, surrendered to a force of Texan troops, some 3,000 strong, without firing a shot. Major Lynch abandoned Fort Fillmore on the 26th ult., and marched toward Fort Staunton, eighteen miles from Fort Fillmore. He surrendered his whole command to the Texan troops. It is believed in Santa Fe that the Texans have also taken the stock and coaches belonging to the Santa Fe and El Paso Mail Company, as their coach had failed to arrive in Santa Fe. On the 3d instant an engagement took place at Mesilla, between a body of Federal troops and