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The New Mexico campaign was a military operation of the trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War from February to April 1862 in which Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley invaded the northern New Mexico Territory in an attempt to gain control of the Southwest, including the gold fields of Colorado and the ports of California.
The Battle of Glorieta Pass was fought March 26–28, 1862 in the northern New Mexico Territory, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.While not the largest battle of the New Mexico campaign, the Battle of Glorieta Pass ended the Confederacy's efforts to capture the territory and other parts of the western United States.
American Civil War 2 Confederate States of America vs United States of America Battle of Valverde [11] February 20–21, 1862 near Fort Craig: American Civil War New Mexico Campaign: 104 Confederate States of America vs United States of America Battle of Glorieta Pass [12] March 26–28, 1862 modern Santa Fe County & San Miguel County: American ...
The Civil War in the American West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. ISBN 0-394-56482-0. Kerby, Robert Lee, The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona, Westernlore Press, 1958. ISBN 0-87026-055-3; Masich, Andrew E. The Civil War in Arizona; the Story of the California Volunteers, 1861–65. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.
Mar. 15—A Democratic state senator is taking Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver to federal court over what he contends is an unconstitutional provision in New Mexico's campaign finance law.
Jan. 3—Ask a resident what they know about the Civil War in New Mexico, and you might get a response referring to the state's best-known conflict, the Battle of Glorieta Pass. That three-day ...
It is considered a major Confederate success in the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War, despite the invading force abandoning the field. The belligerents were Confederate cavalry from Texas and several companies of Arizona militia versus U.S. Army regulars and Union volunteers from northern New Mexico Territory and the Colorado ...
In July 1861, he became a lieutenant colonel in the Fourth Texas Cavalry, part of the Sibley Brigade which launched the New Mexico Campaign at the outset of 1862. He distinguished himself as an officer at the Battle of Valverde , February 21–22, 1862, and as well by commanding the Confederate forces in the Battle of Glorieta Pass , March 26 ...