Battle of Glorieta Pass

March 26–28, 1862 · New Mexico Territory

Result Union victory

Union troops, including Colorado volunteers, fought a Confederate army from Texas in the New Mexico Territory. Union soldiers destroyed the Confederate supply train, which ended the Confederate campaign in the Southwest.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Henry Hopkins Sibley military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 1,300
Casualties: 147142
Killed: 51
Wounded: 78
Captured: 15
Missing: 3

Strength: 1,100
Casualties: 222189
Killed: 50
Wounded: 80
Captured: 92

Units

1st Cavalry Regiment (United States) 1st Colorado Infantry Regiment 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)

Army of New Mexico