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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.
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.
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]
Southerners wanted an east–west division, whereas Northerners favored a north–south division of the territory. After the war began, the Confederacy established the Arizona Territory in February 1862 using the east–west boundary. Subsequently, the United States created Arizona Territory in 1863 using the current state boundary.
Arizona in the American Civil War. The 1860s people, places, and events associated with the American Civil War in the Arizona region (1850−1863) of New Mexico Territory , and the Arizona Territory (1863−1912), in present day Arizona state.
The Company A, Arizona Rangers (also known as "Oury's Company, Herbert's Battalion, Arizona Cavalry") was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Origin of the Arizona Rangers
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The Second Battle of Mesilla was an engagement of the American Civil War. It was fought on July 1, 1862, and was the last engagement between Union and Confederate forces in the Arizona Territory . The battle took place outside of Confederate Arizona's capital of Mesilla between a confederate party and local pro- Union New Mexican guerrillas and ...