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Las Vegas Affair
The Las Vegas Affair or the Battle of Las Vegas was a battle of the Taos Revolt, fought in July 1847. It was initiated by American troops against New Mexican insurgents at the presidio town of Las Vegas during the Mexican-American War.
==Background==
During Doniphan's Expedition into New Mexico and Old Mexico himself. The American forces under Colonel Alexander Doniphan were marching north in northern New Mexico at the end of their campaign and months after the Siege of Pueblo de Taos. New Mexican insurgents and their native allies were still in rebellion. On June 26 1847, the horses belonging to American Captain Horine's company of cavalry were stolen by New Mexicans, who fled into the nearby mountains. Two days later on June 28, a lieutenant named Brown and two privates, with a Mexican guide, were dispatched by a Major Edmondson pursue the New Mexicans and bring back the horses. After a while and with no return of Lieutenant Brown and his three men, the American force began to suspect that their comrades had been killed. This was confirmed on July 5, when Major Edmondson received information from a New Mexican woman that three American soldiers had been killed and burnt by the New Mexican militia near Las Vegas. Immediately after receiving the information, Edmondson posted a picket to guard the camp, with orders not to allow anyone to enter without first seeing him. On the same afternoon, Private William Cox, of Captain Hollaway's infantry, were hunting in the mountains when they discovered three suspicious New Mexicans, who were captured and taken back to camp. They were interrogated and one of them reported the deaths of Lieutenant Brown and his men. After hearing this, Edmondson ordered a force of 29 cavalry, 33 infantry, and one 12-pounder mountain howitzer to prepare for a march to Las Vegas. The Americans expected to reach the town before daylight the next morning, but arrived later than they expected. observation of Las Vegas appeared to show it as garrisoned by hundreds of New Mexican militiamen.
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