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The second Fort Union was abandoned soon afterwards. The third fort was begun in 1863. With New Mexico securely in Federal hands, the new departmental commander, Brig. Gen. James [6] H. Carleton began its construction. The sprawling installation took six years to complete and was the most extensive in the territory.
Fort Union may refer to: Fort Union Formation, an economically important geologic formation in the northwestern United States; Fort Union National Monument, site of a U. S. Army fort in New Mexico from 1851 to 1891; Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, a trading post of the American Fur Company, operating between 1828 and 1867
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico (8 P) Pages in category "Forts in New Mexico" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Historic district including the oldest house in the state of New Mexico, and the oldest Catholic church in the continental United States (Oldest Churches, Annexed Territories vs original founding Colony States). [3] 5: Big Bead Mesa: July 19, 1964 : Casa Salazar: Sandoval
The Department of New Mexico was created from the existing 9th Department on October 31, 1853, administering the defense of the geographical areas now Arizona and New Mexico. When the Civil War started in April 1861, the commander of the department, Colonel William W. Loring , resigned on June 11 to join the Confederate army and was succeeded ...
Fourteen men of Company I and eight of Company F were killed; Lieutenant Davidson and 14 men were wounded. Regimental headquarters was transferred to Fort Union, New Mexico Territory, in July 1854, when the rest of the regiment arrived. Throughout the following year, the companies in New Mexico were almost constantly on the move.
The regiment was attached to the Department of New Mexico and on garrison duty by detachments at Fort Union, Fort Selden, Fort Craig, Fort Bowie, Fort Cummings, Fort McRae, Fort Goodwin and other points in that department during its entire term of service. Company “K” garrisoned Fort Lyon, Colorado, from September, 1864, to February, 1865.
In August 1861, Ceran St. Vrain and Kit Carson organized the 1st New Mexico Volunteer Infantry Regiment. This regiment fought at the battle of Valverde.On March 31, 1862, the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th New Mexico Infantry Regiments were consolidated to form the 1st New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry Regiment with Kit Carson as colonel. [1]