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Battle with Indians on Devil's River 1857
In July 1857 Major Hood leads 25 cavalrymen on a pursuit across the Llano and Concho regions toward Devil's River. After days of desert travel and thirst the party confronts a large Indian force near Devil's River, engages in close combat, suffers 2 killed and 4 wounded, and narrowly escapes massacre with horses exhausted and water scarce. Hood is wounded by an arrow in the hand, and the rebels withdraw toward the Rio Grande as night falls.
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Devil’s River
John B. J Hood
Fort Mason
Llano River
Fredericksburg
Albert Sidney Johnston
Utah
George H. Thomas
Company G
Llano
Concho River
Mexico
United States
San Antonio
el Paso
Rio Grande
Washington
Camp Cooper
Hudson