Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Battle at Apache Pass

Kansas City, April 14.

The mail from Ft. Union has arrived, and brings us confirmation of the battle at Apache Pass, the main features of which were given in a dispatch from Denver City. Our forces numbered 1,350; the Texans, 1,800. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing was 150; the enemy acknowledged their loss to be for 300 to 400.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, April 17, 1862, p 1

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