Battle of Canada Alamosa

Battle of Canada Alamosa
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
The Canada Alamosa battlefield
Date September 24–25, 1861 Location San Ygnacio de la Alamosa, New Mexico Territory (USA), Arizona Territory (CSA) Modern Day: Sierra County, New Mexico Result Confederate victory, successful Union delaying action.
Belligerents
Confederate States	United States
Commanders and leaders
Bethel Coopwood	John H. Minks
Strength
112 cavalry	~100 cavalry
Casualties and losses
2 killed 7 wounded	4 killed 6 wounded 23 captured

The Battle of Canada Alamosa as it was known to the Union Army, or Alamosa as it was known to the Confederates, was a skirmish of the American Civil War on the late evening of September 24 and the morning of September 25, 1861. It was one of several small battles that occurred in Confederate Arizona near the border with Union held New Mexico Territory, this one being the largest.