HM 110 — LT. COLONEL MANUEL ANTONIO CHAVEZ

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 110RECOGNIZING 53RDTHE LEGISLATUREHISTORICAL -ACHIEVEMENTS STATE OF NEWLIEUTENANT MEXICOCOLONEL -MANUEL SECONDANTONIO SESSION,CHAVES. 2018 INTRODUCED BY Jim R.

Trujillo5 6WHEREAS, 8Lieutenant 10Colonel AManuel MEMORIALAntonio RECOGNIZINGChaves THEdistinguished HISTORICALhimself ACHIEVEMENTSin OFservice LIEUTENANTto COLONELhis MANUELstate ANTONIOand CHAVES.his country, and he is known as a hero of the battle of Glorieta Pass;

14and WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel ManuelChaves Antoniolived Chavesthrough distinguisheda himselfsignificant era in servicethe tostate's hishistory, statebeing andborn hisin country,1818 during the Spanish colonial period, and he islived knownin asNew aMexico heroduring the period of Mexican rule and during the battletime New Mexico was a territory of Glorietathe Pass;United States;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Chaves livedserved throughhonorably a w l n d 18 significant era in the state's history, being born in 1818 = = 19 a l during the Spanish colonial period, and he lived in New Mexico i a e r 20 during the period of Mexican rulemilitary andbefore during the time New a t m m 21 Mexico was aincorporated territoryinto of the United States;

and dWHEREAS, rin e1860, 22Manuel WHEREAS,Antonio LieutenantChaves Colonelbecame Chavesa servedlieutenant honorablycolonel in the csecond eNew sMexico kmounted 23volunteers Mexicanand militaryfought beforefor Newthe Mexicounion wasat incorporated into the ebattle aof nValverde bFord; 24 United States;

and u [ WHEREAS, in 1860, Manuel Antonio Chaves became a .210160.1 lieutenant colonel in the second New Mexico mounted volunteers and fought for the union at the battle of Valverde Ford;

and WHEREAS, as the leader of the second New Mexico mounted 6 volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Chaves was chosen to guide his HM 110 forces to a confederate supply train;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, this leadership enabled the union soldiers and the Colorado and New Mexico volunteers to destroy the confederate supply train, which forced the retreat of the confederate forces to Texas and the end of confederate plans to 12 annex the New Mexico territory;

and WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Chaves spent his life after e e 17 the war as a rancher in the San Mateo mountains of New Mexico;

e e n d 18 and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Chaves and his beautiful wife, a l r i 20 Vicenta Labadie Chaves, were renowned for their generosity and t e a t hospitality and their embrace of traditional southwestern m m 21 e d values;

and r e 22 c e r c 23 WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Chaves and Vicenta were buried e a n b 24 in the chapel next to their hacienda before having their u [ resting place moved to a local cemetery;

and .210160.1 - 2 - WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Chaves is affectionately known in New Mexico as "El Leoncito", or the "Little Lion" of the southwest;

and WHEREAS, on March 24, 2018, during the one-hundred-fifty-one-hundred- sixthfifty-sixth commemoration of the battle of Glorieta Pass, a plaque 6 will be dedicated to the memory and honor of Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Antonio Chaves and a contingent of HM 110 Page 2 New Mexico volunteers who fought with others to spearhead a union flanking movement at the battle of Glorieta Pass, which ultimately caused the confederate forces to retreat to Texas and to give up their effort to annex the entire west and parts of northern Mexico;

12 and WHEREAS, dedication festivities will be held at Pecos national historical park to commemorate this important event;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the historical e e 17 achievements and the significance of the life of Lieutenant e e n d 18 Colonel Manuel Antonio Chaves be recognized;

and = = l ] 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be a l r i 20 transmitted to the friends of Pecos national historical park.

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