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| New Mexico (Santa Fe County), Glorietta — Glorietta Battlefield | | | The decisive battle of the Civil War
in New Mexico was fought at the
summit of Glorietta Pass on
March 28, 1862. Union troops
won the battle when a party of
Colorado Volunteers burned
the Confederate supply
wagons, thus destroying
Southern hopes for taking
over New Mexico. — Map (db m6676) | | New Mexico (Santa Fe County), Santa Fe — Canoncito at Apache Canyon | | | Strategically located where the Santa Fe Trail emerges from Glorieta Pass, Canoncito is where the New Mexico Governor Manuel Armijo weakly defended New Mexico against the American Army in 1846. In 1862, Union forces destroyed a Confederate supply train contributing to the Confederate loss at the battle of Glorieta, six miles to the east. — Map (db m24315) | | New Mexico (Santa Fe County), Sante Fe — San Miguel Church | | | Oldest church structure in U.S.A.
The adobe walls and alter were built by
Tlaxcalan Indians from Mexico under the direction
of Franciscan Padres.
ca. 1610 — Map (db m4586) |
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