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1861 map showing the Confederate Arizona Territory. After the start of the American Civil War, support for the Confederacy was strong in the southern part of the New Mexico Territory. Some residents felt neglected by the United States government. They worried about the lack of sufficient troops to fight the Apache.
American Civil War, 1861–1865 Territory of Arizona (Confederate States), 1861–1862; Apache Wars, 1851–1886; Pah-Ute County, "Arizona's Lost County" 1865–1871; Camp Grant Massacre, 1871; Gadsden Purchase, 1853; Governors of the Territory of Arizona; History of Arizona; James Reavis, The "Baron of Arizona" Mexican–American War, 1846–1848
In 1861, during the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America formed the Confederate Territory of Arizona, including in the new territory mainly areas acquired by the Gadsden Purchase. In 1863, using a north-to-south dividing line, the Union created its own Arizona Territory out of the western half of the New Mexico Territory.
On January 18 1862, the Arizona Territory was officially organized by the Confederate States of America. [3] Two militia companies organized under the Confederate territorial government. Governor Baylor later gathered soldiers in his own regiments to form an Arizona Ranger Company, one of three planned.
The Battle of Picacho Pass, April 15, 1862, was a battle of the Civil War fought in the CSA and one of many battles to occur in Arizona during the war among three sides—Apaches, Confederates and Union forces. In 1863, the U.S. split up New Mexico along a north–south line to create the Arizona Territory.
Pages in category "U.S. cities in the American Civil War" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [309]
Just prior to the American Civil War in the late 1850s, the cities of Tucson and Mesilla in southern New Mexico Territory petitioned the United States government to create a separate Territory of Arizona. The proposal was defeated after representatives from the Northern "free" states and the Southern "slave" states could not agree on how to ...