HM 111 — NM VOLUNTEERS MONUMENT

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 111CELEBRATING 53RDTHE LEGISLATUREDEDICATION - STATE OF THE NEW MEXICO -VOLUNTEERS SECONDMONUMENT SESSIONIN ,COMMEMORATION 2018OF INTRODUCEDTHE BYONE-HUNDRED-FIFTY-SIXTH JimANNIVERSARY R.OF THE BATTLE OF GLORIETA PASS.

Trujillo 6 8WHEREAS, 10on AMarch MEMORIAL24, CELEBRATING2018 THEthe DEDICATIONone-hundred-fifty-sixth OFanniversary THEof NEWthe MEXICObattle VOLUNTEERSof MONUMENTGlorieta INpass COMMEMORATIONnear OFPecos, THENew ONE-HUNDRED-FIFTY-SIXTHMexico, ANNIVERSARYwill OFbe THEcommemorated; BATTLE OF GLORIETA PASS.

15and WHEREAS, ona Marchmonument 24,will 2018be thededicated one-hundred-fifty-sixthin anniversarymemory and honor of theLieutenant battleColonel ofManuel GlorietaAntonio passChaves nearand Pecos,a contingent of New eMexico tvolunteers 17who Mexico,fought willalongside beunion commemorated;regulars and Colorado volunteers and spearheaded a union flanking movement at the battle of Glorieta pass on March 26-28, 1862;

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and cWHEREAS, ein sJanuary k1862, 23confederate WHEREAS,General theHenry flankingHopkins movementSibley, ultimatelywith caused the e a nbrigade bof 24two confederatethousand forcessix tohundred retreatTexans, toinvaded Texasthe andterritory toof giveNew upMexico onwith the uintention [of effortclaiming to annex the entireterritory west and partsthe ofwest northernfor Mexico;the confederacy;

.210159.2 and WHEREAS, inthe Januaryvolunteers 1862,of confederatethe GeneralTexas Henryconfederate Hopkinsforces Sibley,HM with111 awere brigadevictorious ofin twodefeating thousandthe sixunion hundredforces Texans,at invaded the territorybattle ofPage New1 Mexico with the intention of claimingValverde theon territoryFebruary and21, the1862; west for the confederacy;

and WHEREAS, the volunteers of the Texas confederate forces were victorious in defeating the union forces at the battle of Valverde on February 21, 1862;

and WHEREAS, following these battlefield successes, the confederate forces planned to conquer Fort Union and then march e e 17 to Colorado to take over the mines located there;

and e e n d 18 WHEREAS, from there, the confederate forces intended to = = l ] 19 form an alliance with the Mormons and together take over the a l r i 20 gold fields of California, which would have provided much t e a t needed capital for the confederacy;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, the conquest of California would have c e r c 23 additionally provided two sorely needed ports, free of union e a n b 24 blockades;

and u [ WHEREAS, the fulfillment of the confederate plans would .210159.2 - 2 - have severed the western territories from the union and strengthened the position of the confederacy;

and WHEREAS, the confederate forces were met in a skirmish HM 111 Page 2 and fought two battles with the union forces at Glorieta pass on March 26 to 28, 1862;

and WHEREAS, even though the confederate forces were victorious in these two battles, they were forced to abandon their dream of taking over Fort Union and conquering the west when their supply of sixty to eighty wagons, loaded with weapons, medical supplies, food and blankets, was burned and four hundred mules and horses were captured by a contingent of United States regular army forces from Fort Union and e e 17 volunteers from Colorado and New Mexico;

and e e n d 18 WHEREAS, after this tremendous loss, the confederate = = l ] 19 forces had no choice but to abandon General Sibley's dream and a l r i 20 retreat back to Santa Fe, then to Albuquerque and eventually t e a t out of New Mexico and back to Texas;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, this turning point in the confederate campaign in c e r c 23 New Mexico, the battle of Glorieta pass, is referred to by some e a n b 24 historians as the Gettysburg of the west;

and u [ WHEREAS, although the loss of men killed, wounded or .210159.2 - 3 - missing in the Civil War battles fought in New Mexico may seem insignificant compared to the carnage of the Civil War battles that were fought in the east and south, the importance and significance of this battle cannot be overstated, as the ultimate outcome helped hold the union together and assured its survival in what we now know as the United States of America;

HM 111 Page 3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the March 24, 2018 dedication of the New Mexico volunteers monument in commemoration of the one-hundred-fifty-sixth anniversary of the battle of Glorieta pass be celebrated;

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