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Show CHAPTER IX NEw Mexico DURING THE Civi, WAR — CoLoneL W. W. Loring — GENERAL H. H. Sisuzy — CONFED ERATE INVASION — CoLoNEL JOHN R. Baytor — Fauu or Fort Finumors— Magor EK. Lynpre—. NEw Mexicans not SECESSIONISTS — HATRED OF THE TEXANS — BATTLE oF VaLverpE — CONFEDERATE OCCUPATION oF ALBURQUERQUE AND Santa Ff — ENGAGEMENTS AT APACHE CANYON AND GLORIETA— FIGHT TREAT — COLORADO At PERALTA — CONFEDERATE VOLUNTEERS —— ARRIVAL OF THE RECALI- FORNIA CoLUMN — GENERAL J. H. CARLETON — GOVERNOR Henry Connetiy — DELEGATES IN CONGRESS — GovERNORS MircHEy, Pitz, Gippines, ARNY, AXTELL , AND WaLtack—Brnow AnD Bar— Lincotn County War — Apvenr or Ramroaps — PopuLation — Sra- TISTICS — 1861-1880 T has been stated by some historians that the New Mexicans, so far as they had any knowledge of the great questions which brought about the war of secession, were southern sympathizers. This is not true. There were a very few of the more prominent lamilies Whose tendencies were in that directi on.2* The masses of “81 Bancroft, H. H., History of Arizona and New Mexico, p. 681: ‘‘Their Commercial relations in early times had been chiefly with southern men; the amy officers with whom they had come in contact later had been largely from the South; and the territorial officials appoint ed for the territory had been in Most cases politicians of strong southern sympathies. Therefore most of the Popular leaders, with the masses controlled politically by them, fancied themSelveg democrats, and felt no admirat ion for republicans and abolitionists. Yet our a few exhibited any enthusiasm in national politics, apathy being the leadviene aTacteristie, with a slight leaning on general principles to southern Greeley, Ai Horace, Miguel American A, Otero, had Conflict, nasi vol. ti, (Feb. p. 21: 15, 1861) ‘‘Her Delegate in Conand circulated an address fay “r People, intended to disaffect them toward the Union, and incite them to N or the ebellion ; but her democratic governor, Abraham Rencher, though a orth Carolinian, upon receiving news of Lynde’s surrender, issued a procla- |
