IN MAY OF 1848, U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK ORDERED THE INVASION OF MEXICO BY U.S. TROOPS, THUS BEGINNING THE MEXICAN WAR. THREE MONTHS LATER, GENERAL STEPHEN WATTS KEARNEY LED A VICTORIOUS U.S. ARMY UNOPPOSED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND INTO SANTA FE ...
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SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN, THE CONFEDERACY TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO THE SOUTHWEST, AND IN FEBRUARY, 1862, THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL SIBLEY, DEFEATED THE UNION TROOPS AT VALVERDE, RAISED THE CONFEDE ...
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