Many gold seekers in Colorado Territory hold…

March 1862 CE

Many gold seekers in Colorado Territory hold sympathies for the Confederacy, but the vast majority remain fiercely loyal to the Union cause.

A force of Texas cavalry invades the Territory of New Mexico in 1862 and captures Santa Fe on March 10.

The object of this Western Campaign is to seize or disrupt the gold fields of Colorado and California and to seize ports on the Pacific Ocean for the Confederacy.

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Santa Fe Santa Fe New Mexico United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Texas, State of (U.S.A.) View → New Mexico, Territory of (U.S.A.) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View → Arizona Territory (Confederate States of America) View → Colorado Territory (U.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War View → New Mexico Campaign View →

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