Major Lewis Armistead led a hand-picked detachment of twenty-five men from his Sixth Infantry Regiment from Fort Mojave at night to surprise a party of renegade Indians camped twelve miles away. Lieutenant Elisha Marshall marched a similar party from the Sixth in support. The result was a successful action, with twenty-three hostiles killed. Three men in Marshall's group were slightly wounded. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Army and the Indians," New York Times, November 18, 1859, p. 3.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
