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The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
not choosing to charge, though double in numbers. A continual fire was kept up for five hours between the forces, at a distance from 400 to 600 yards. Many of the Federals were seen to fall. The commander was seen to fall from his horse, and was borne from the field by four men, as if dead. On the fall of their leader the Federalists retreated from their warm position, carrying off their dead and wounded. Dr. W. C. Wright, of Captain Coopwood's company, was killed instantly, and Robert W. Lyon, of the same company, was mortally wounded, and has since died. On the withdrawal of the Federalists, Captain Coopwood commenced preparing for another attack. The camp was entrenched, a well dug in the ravine, and the horses watered from hats and mess pans. The command remained in this position twenty two hours after the retreat of the Federals, and then slowly withdrew in the direction of the Mesilla Valley. All our informants speak most enthusiastically of the grit of our m