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In 1861, Lieutenant Colonel John Baylor recognized the Arizona Territory and established a provisional Confederate government with Mesilla as the capital. [2] [1] 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.
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.
Civil War historian Allen C. Guelzo describes the first Confederate secretaries of war and state, LeRoy Pope Walker of Alabama and Robert Toombs of Georgia, respectively—as "brainless political appointees." [3] The cabinet's performance suffered due to Davis's inability to delegate and propensity to micromanage his Cabinet officers. [7]
The monument was erected in to honor the 21 soldiers interred in that cemetery who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and later fought in Indian wars in Arizona as members of the U.S. Army. [99] [100] Private: 1999: Phoenix: Arizona Confederate Veterans Monument, at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery; erected by SCV. [99] Public ...
Company A, Arizona Rangers; Active: 1862–1865: Country Confederate States: Allegiance: Arizona Territory: Branch Confederate States Army: Type: Cavalry: Size: Company: Part of: Herbert's Battalion, Arizona Cavalry: Engagements: American Civil War. Battle of Mesilla (1861) Capture of Tucson (1862) First Battle of Dragoon Springs; Second Battle ...
Considered by Confederate States President Jefferson Davis to be the finest general officer in the Confederacy before the later emergence of Robert E. Lee, he was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. Johnston was the highest-ranking officer on either side killed during the war.
In 1967 the Civil War Token Society was founded by a group of collectors for the purpose of "stimulat[ing] interest and research in the field of Civil War token collecting." The society publishes a quarterly journal, Civil War Era Numismatics (previously The Civil War Token Journal), maintains a library, and conducts quarterly mail auctions. [13]
The westernmost skirmish of the American Civil War, which occurred at Stanwix Station, took place on March 29, 1862, when Capt. William P. Calloway and a vanguard of 272 troops from the California Column discovered a small detachment of Confederate Arizona Volunteers led by 2nd Lt. John W. Swilling burning hay, which had been placed at Stanwix Station for the California Column's animals.