After the 1862 Battle of Valverde two Texas fatalities from the battle were buried in Socorro, New Mexico see Houston Genealogy listing 16 Texas fatalities from the Battle of Valverle. Likewise in a small skirmish at Socorro, a small party of four men under a Lt. Simmons CSA was surprised under Captain James "Paddy" Graydon and his spy company; one Confederate was killed [Battles and Leaders of the Civil war Vol .II .p.106 footnote].
Zarate Salmeron, Geronimo de (1966) Relaciones: an account of things seen and learned by Father Jeronimo de Zarati Salmeron from the year 1538 to year 1626 (translated by Alicia Ronstadt Milich) Horn & Wallace, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Section XXXIV (page 56), OCLC221277018