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Volume 4, Chapter 11 - Operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona

Jun 11, 1861 - Col E R S Canby, 19th US Infantry, placed in general charge of affairs in the Department of New Mexico
Jul 3, 1861 - New Mexico embraced in the Western Department. Fort McLand NM abandoned
Jul 8, 1861 - Brig Gen Henry H Sibley, CS Army, ordered to Texas to expel Union forces from New Mexico
Jul 10, 1861 - Fort Breckinridge NM abandoned
Jul 23, 1861 - Fort Buchanan NM abandoned
Jul 25, 1861 - Skirmish at Mesilla NM
Jul 26, 1861 - Fort Fillmore NM abandoned
Jul 27, 1861 - Surrender of Union forces at San Augustine Springs NM
Aug 2, 1861 - Fort Stanton NM Abandoned
Aug 14, 1861 - Brig Gen Earl Van Dorn relieved from, and Brig Gen Paul O Hebert assigned to, command of Confederate forces in Texas
Aug 23, 1861 - Skirmish near Fort Craig NM
Aug 25-Sep 8, 1861 - Operations against Indians about Fort Stanton NM
Aug --, 1861 - Skirmish with Indians near Fort Bliss TX
Sep 4, 1861 - Brig Gen Earl Van Dorn, CS Army, transfers command of the Department of Texas to Col H E McCulloch, 1st Texas Rifles
Sep 18, 1861 - Brig Gen Paul O Hebert, CS Army, assumes command of the Department of Texas
Sep 25, 1861 - Skirmish at Canada Alamosa NM
Sep 26, 1861 - Skirmish near Fort Thorn NM
Sep 30-Oct 7, 1861 - Operations against Indians from Camp Robledo NM
Oct 11-16, 1861 - Operations against Indians from Fort Inge TX
Nov 1, 1861 - Skirmish with Indians on the Peosi River TX
Nov 8, 1861 - Capture of the Royal Tacht in Bolivar Channel TX
Nov 9, 1861 - The Departement of New Mexico re-established under Colo Canby, US Army
Dec 14, 1861 - Brig Gen H H Sbley, CS Army, assumes command of the forces on the Upper Rio Grande and in New Mexico and Arizona

 

 

 

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