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This list of battles fought in New Mexico is an incomplete list of military and other armed confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern U.S. State of New Mexico since European contact. The region was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1821, and then Mexico from 1821 to 1847.
List of battles fought in New Mexico; A. Ácoma Massacre; C. Battle of Columbus (1916) F. Battle of Fort Tularosa This page was last edited on 9 November 2019, at ...
Pages in category "Battles of the American Civil War in New Mexico" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Union forces in the Department of New Mexico were led by Colonel Edward Canby, who headquartered at Fort Craig.Under his immediate command at the fort were five regiments of New Mexico volunteer infantry, [6] a company of the 2nd Colorado Infantry, two provisional artillery units, eleven companies of the 5th, 7th, and 10th U.S. Infantry, [7] six companies of the 2nd and 3rd U.S. Cavalry, and ...
This is a list of Old West gunfights. Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Map of Valverde Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The Battle of Valverde, also known as the Battle of Valverde Ford, was fought from February 20 to 21, 1862, near the town of Val Verde [5] at a ford of the Rio Grande in Union-held New Mexico Territory, in what is today the state of New Mexico.
These conflicts occurred from the 16th century to the 20th century and in all parts of the country, beginning with the Tiguex War in 1540 in present-day New Mexico and ending with the Renegade period of the Apache Wars in 1924 in the Southwestern United States.
List of American Civil War battles Conflicts (broadly defined) in locations now part of the territory of the United States: List of conflicts in British America (until 1783)