Second Mora

One week after an American force suffered a setback at Mora, New Mexico, Captain Jesse I. Morin returned to the village and confronted a New Mexican force of equal size. Following an artillery barrage, the Americans attacked and—in a short but decisive battle—sent the New Mexicans fleeing into the nearby mountains. The victorious Americans destroyed the entire town and burned the nearby wheat fields, largely in retaliation for Captain Hedley’s death a week earlier.