New Mexico Campaign
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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. Historians regard the campaign as the most ambitious Confederate attempt to establish control of the American West and to open an additional theater in the war. It was an important campaign in the war's Trans-Mississippi theater, and one of the major events in the history of the New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War.
1862
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Sibley's New Mexico Campaign
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Location: 35, -105, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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ManuelAntonioChaves1
John potts slough
Battles and leaders of the Civil War - being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." (1887) (14576165408)
Canby + Sibley| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1857 | Bonneville Expedition | military expedition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1862 | New Mexico Campaign | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1849 | Jicarilla War | United States, war, Apache, Kit Carson, Ute, Philip St. George Cooke, Flechas Rayada, John Davidson | Wikidata |
| commons | image | ManuelAntonioChaves1 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John potts slough | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battles and leaders of the Civil War - being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." (1887) (14576165408) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Canby + Sibley | Commons | ||
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