John Brown and four of his surviving raiders were under heavy guard at the Charlestown Jail awaiting their first appearance before a Virginia court.  Brown himself was recovering from the wound he had sustained in the storming of the engine house.  (By John Osborne)

Several hundred Navajo Indians attacked the livestock of Fort Defiance, New Mexico grazing near the post.  The twenty-five man guard under the command of Sergeant Bernard W. Clark mounted a strong defense saving all the cattle and all the horses except three.  The attackers then scattered and a pursuit under Captain George McLane brought only a running fight in which two soldiers were killed and four wounded.  (By John Osborne)

In a small sharp encounter typical of the Army's role in the West,  Sergeant Maloney and four men of the Eighth Infantry detached from Fort Inge in Uvalde County, Texas killed three of six Indians who had stolen a large herd of horses four days before.  Fifty-eight horses had been originally taken and of these forty-nine were recovered.  (By John Osborne)

On the seventh day of a hard pursuit and with water running low, a unit of the Mounted Riflemen from Fort Bliss in Texas marched overnight to surprise a band of Mescalero Apache in their camp.  The hostiles were alerted, however, and the fight went badly for the Army, with their commanding officer, Second Lieutenant Henry M. Lazelle, shot through the lungs.  The troops were able to pull back but with the loss of three killed and seven wounded among the twenty-two attackers.  Apache casualties were estimated as nine dead.  (By John Osborne) 

At Fort Arbuckle in present-day Garvin County, Oklahoma, a group of Comanches were reported nearby.  Immediately, Lieutenant David S. Stanley turned out his Company D, First Cavalry and gave pursuit.  After a chase of some miles in the Wachita Mountains, a skirmish was fought, with the Comanche party losing seven men killed.  Company D suffered no injuries.  (By John Osborne)

Company I of the Second Cavalry, with Captain Albert G. Brackett in command, had left Fort Lancaster in the Texas Hill Country on April 19, 1859 to carry out an extended scout of Comanche trails.  After a sapping march into the Big Bend Country in which rations and water ran short, the force encountered a large group of Comanche and defeated them without suffering casualties. (By John Osborne)