Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Santa Fe County, NM
Date Type
Confederate Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley inflicts a heavy defeat on Union forces in New Mexico Battles/Soldiers
In Santa Fe, New Mexico Chief Justice John P. Slough dies two days after his wounding by a political rival. Crime/Disasters
New Mexico Chief Justice John P. Slough is shot and fatally wounded, in Santa Fe. Crime/Disasters
The Confederate invasion of New Mexico reaches and occupies the territorial capital of Santa Fe Battles/Soldiers
Burial Place of
Date Title
New York Herald, "The Kansas Trouble in Congress," January 3, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Passage at Arms between Lincoln and Douglas in 1854," July 1, 1858
(St. Louis) Missouri Republican, "On the Way to Arizonia," July 25, 1858
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Slave Property Protected in New Mexico,” February 27, 1859
The Fall of Santa Fe
Conquest of Santa Fe
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