Good post but remember Santa Fe citizens were ambivalent about the nearby confederate tactical victory at Glorieta pass so the confederates went back to Texas discouraged after a campaign of distance
I’ve visited the site but truly the old Puebloan village ruins and mission there is more substantive
Arizona had more pro confederacy I think on recall not googling
Cattle baron support in the southern halves of what is now AZ and NM
more mining. Yankee interests in the northern parts
My Mississippi family had a branch in New Mexico area from 1895-2007
My dad was born in Artesia
They migrated back and forth from Dixie to there
New Mexico has a sharp northern or western accent
Folks more standoffish than Texas
I know the northern half like I know TN or MS
Even my kin who died out. Became that way if they stayed
Thanks for the reply, interesting stuff.
War in the West always has fascinated me.
You’ll find a good description of the Confederate New Mexico “campaign” in Shelby Foote’s trilogy. Pretty much a total disaster, they weren’t prepared for the terrain or weather IIRC, and the Union defenders let the land and heat do a lot of the fighting for them.