Old West New West Magazine – Your Travel & History Guide for Western Adventures. Enjoy Travel Tips, Discounts, Specials, Restaurant Reviews, National Park Information and Much More… http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/civil-war-and-the-west/the-southwest/feed/atom.html 2012-02-09T21:37:28Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2008-08-31T16:35:34Z 2008-08-31T16:35:34Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008083195/civil-war-and-the-west/the-southwest/rebels-push-into-new-mexico-territory-to-grab-california-gold.html Mike Harris Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It surprises many people to hear that the American Civil War actually reached into the Southwest, into today's states of Arizona and New Mexico, and that Confederate forces once occupied Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.<br /><br />Compared to the battles that raged east of the Mississippi River, where tens of thousands of Union and Confederate forces faced and fought each other, the fighting in the deserts and mountains of the Southwest was more like a series of skirmishes.<br />

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It surprises many people to hear that the American Civil War actually reached into the Southwest, into today's states of Arizona and New Mexico, and that Confederate forces once occupied Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.<br /><br />Compared to the battles that raged east of the Mississippi River, where tens of thousands of Union and Confederate forces faced and fought each other, the fighting in the deserts and mountains of the Southwest was more like a series of skirmishes.<br />