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Jenn's avatar

It’s so interesting that I have no idea of the civil war fought in the west. I am intrigued and grateful to you for the history lesson. Thanks so much.

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ric leczel's avatar

The formative years of my life (8-16) were spent in the Four Corners area. I still consider Farmington my 2nd hometown. Reading your posts transports me back to that time. I'm a fan!!

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Michael's avatar

This has been a great series of little known (to me at least( history! Kudos!

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Tom Langdon's avatar

Makes me wonder what could of happened with a greater confederate force, nice story Jan

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Tom Langdon's avatar

Great pictures!

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Greg Ehrig's avatar

One of the more colorful battles in the lead up to glorieta involved the union forces trying the old exploding mule trick which worked but with some drawbacks: https://www.army.mil/article/16624/mule_bombs_at_valverde

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Charlotte Pendragon's avatar

How the west was win Jan! Fascinating, history doesn’t teach us the Civil War was also battled in the west. Thank you for another intriguing essay on this subject!

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