KANSAS CITY, MO., March 10. – [Quantrill’s] band entered
Asbury town on the 7th, and killed five men and stole fifteen or
twenty horses.
A letter from Santa Fe 23d, with a postscript dated 24th,
from reliable sources, makes no mention of the battle reported to have taken
place at [Valverde] on the 21st.
On the 16th the enemy appeared within a mile and
a half of Fort Craig, showing a front of fifteen hundred cavalry, with a
reserve of five hundred, and six pieces of artillery. Several shots were exchanged, and the enemy
retired in good order. The loss was one
killed on each side.
Several small engagements had occurred during the week,
which resulted in our forces capturing some prisoners, and one of the enemy’s
flags.
An Express arrived on the evening of the 23d, 24 hours from
Fort Craig, but brought nothing official.
A letter from Gov. Connolly stated that fighting was going
on when the Express left. Our forces had
captured over one hundred of the enemy’s mules and their principal wagon
master. A number of Texans has also been
killed. The enemy were hard pressed for water,
and were moving towards Valverde, at which point two thousand of our men were
stationed.
There is a reliance to be placed on the report via Denver
City and Julesburgh.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 4
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