Detachments of the Federal and Confederate armies in the New Mexico Territory clash east of Santa Fe.
Category: New Mexico
Confederates Drive in New Mexico
Federal troops abandon Albuquerque in the face of Henry H. Sibley’s advancing Confederate Army of New Mexico.
The Battle of Valverde
Henry H. Sibley’s Confederate Army of New Mexico begins its mission to conquer the New Mexico Territory, culminating in a fight for a ford on the Rio Grande.
The Confederate Army of New Mexico
Henry H. Sibley’s Confederate Army of New Mexico reaches El Paso, Texas, where it is now poised to conquer the New Mexico Territory.
A Deaf Ear Has Been Turned in the Southwest
John Baylor, commanding Confederates in the New Mexico Territory, expresses concern that Federals are working to drive him from the region.