OPERATIONS IN TEX., N. MEX., AND ARIZ. [CHAP. XI.
The resolution is herewith respectfully returned, together with a copy of General Orders, Numbers 102.
Respectfully submitted.
L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General.
The HonorableSECRETARY OF WAR.
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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, In the House of Representatives, December 4, 1861.
Whereas, in July, 1861, at Fort Fillmore, in New Mexico, Major Isaac Lynde, U. S. A., abandoned said fort, and shortly after its abandonment surrendered a largely superior force of United States troops under his command to an inferior force of Texas troops, without firing a gun or making any resistance whatever; and whereas it is charged and believed that said surrender was the result of treason or cowardice, or both, in which surrender other officers under his command were also concerned: Therefore.
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to report to this House what measures have been or ought to be taken to expose and punish such of the officers now on parole as were guilty of treason or cowardice in that surrender, and relieve from suspicion such as were free from blame.
Attest:
EM. ETHERIDGE, Clerk.
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Numbers 102. } Washington, D. C., November 25, 1861.
I. Major Isaac Lynde, Seventh Infantry, for abandoning his post-Fort Fillmore, N. Mex.-on the 27th of July, 1861, and subsequently surrendering his command to an inferior force of insurgents, is, by direction of the President of the United States, drooped from the rolls of the Army from this date.
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By command of Major-General McClellan:
L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General.
Numbers 8. Reports of Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor, C. S. Army, of skirmish at Mesilla, and surrender of Union troops at San Augustine Springs, and subsequent operations.
PICACHO, MESILLA VALLEY, Arizona, August 3, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor to report that I had an engagement with the U. S. forces, numbering over 500 cavalry and infantry with four pieces of artillery, at Mesilla, on the evening of the 25th of July, in which the enemy were repulsed with a los of 3 killed and 7 wounded.
On the 27th I captured at San Augustine Springs the entire command of the enemy under Major Lynde, consisting of eight companies of infantry, three of Mounted Rifles, with four pieces of artillery, together with all their transportation, arms, ammunition, commissary and quartermaster's stores; all of which, with Fort Fillmore, are now in my possession.
