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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Colorado, Colonel William Gil pin,15 in July, 1861, making a requisition for volunteers, thus initiating the organization of the regiment which was destined early in the following year to completely destroy the plans of the Confederates so carefully made for the acquisition and control of all of the country from the Great Plains to the Pacific. In response to General Canby’s first call upon the governor of Colorado for assistance two companies of volunteers were organized. These were known at that time as Captain Jim Ford’s and Captain Dodd’s Independent Company.” The last named left Canon City December 7, 1861, marched to Fort Garland in the San Luis Valley, where it was mustered into the service of the United States with Dodd as captain. Captain Ford’s Company was mustered into the service at Fort routes, or if the main demonstration should be made against Ft. Craig, with the entire force in that direction. All the different approaches to the country are closely watched by scouts and spies, and I have no apprehension of the approach of the enemy without receiving several days’ notice. The available force in this part of the department, about 1,500 men, can be concentrated at this place in twenty-four hours. I have left at Ft. Craig nineteen companies?1,400 men ? of which six are regulars, ten volunteers of several months’ instruction and discipline, one of spies and guides, and two militia. In addition to these Col. Roberts has subject to his call six companies of volunteers that can join him in twenty-four hours. The most reliable accounts from the Mesilla give 2,100 men as the force of the enemy in that quarter. Our scouts on the Pecos report no force on that river within 200 miles of this place. Two regiments that left San Antonio, Texas, on the 9th and IGth of No…
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