Blood and Sand: Valverde

(NYTimes) By the late afternoon on Feb. 21, 1862, the furious Battle of Valverde raged in the sandy, cottonwood flood plain of the Rio Grande in the New Mexico Territory. Just six miles north of the Union post at Fort Craig, hundreds of dead men, horses and mules littered the battlefield as a furious artillery duel and infantry charges stretched on into the late afternoon. At 4 p.m., the Union commander, Col. Edward Canby, decided to make his move and finish the rebel forces, led by Confederate Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley. Continued

Photo: Colonel (later General), Thomas Green, CSA.

Governor plans state monument to preserve Fort Stanton

FORT STANTON, N.M. - Governor Richardson says a state monument will be established to protect and interpret the parade grounds, stables and other historic portions of Fort Stanton.
... Established in 1855, Fort Stanton played a prominent role in opening southeastern New Mexico to settlement. The fort also had roles during the Civil War and during the Lincoln County war and the life of famed outlaw Billy the Kid.

Mescalero Apaches at Fort Stanton