April 8, 1862: In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Col. Canby and 1,200 Federal troops, with 4 cannon, approach the outskirts of town. The Confederate garrison also had cannon, and the two sides exchanged rounds of artillery fire for a while, with little damage to either side, until people of the town snuck out to tell Canby that his shells were damaging their homes, and that he should stop.
---On this date, Gen. John Pope accepts the surrender of the Confederates at Island No. 10, under Gen. Mackall. Union Victory.
--- At a sharp skirmish at Fallen Timbers, as Sherman pushes the pursuit of the retreating Rebels, Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest personally leads a cavalry charge to stop the Yankees, and is wounded twice—and still escapes, alone, back to his regiment.
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