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need of frontier protection, and the loss of postal service routes under the United States government, as reasons for their separation. The ordinance proposed the question of secession to the western portions of the territory. On March 28 a second convention in present-day Tucson met and ratified the ordinance. The conventions subsequently established a provisional territorial government for the Confederate "Territory of Arizona." Owings was elected again as provisional governor and
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convention to join the Confederacy. On March 16 the convention adopted a secession ordinance, citing the region's common interests and geography with the Confederacy, their political sympathy with the Southern secession movement, their opposition to the "sectional" party, the "Black" Republicans, the
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The political geography of the two Arizona Territories differed in that the Confederate Arizona was approximately the southern half of the historic New Mexico Territory, while the Union-defined Arizona Territory was approximately the western half of what had been New Mexico Territory, which became
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After the start of the American Civil War, support for the Confederacy was strong in the southern part of the New Mexico Territory. Some residents felt neglected by the United States government. They worried about the lack of sufficient troops to fight the
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In 1862 Baylor was ousted as governor of the territory by President Davis, and the Confederate loss at the Battle of Glorieta Pass forced Confederate retreat from the territory. On March 30, Union forces fought a smaller engagement against a detachment of
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across the border from Mesilla. With support from the secessionist residents of Mesilla, Baylor's 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles entered the territory and took a position in the town on July 25. Union forces under Major Isaac Lynde at nearby
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By July 1862, Union forces of the California Column were approaching the territorial capital of Mesilla from the west but severe flooding of the Rio Grande barred their way and they had to divert north to Fort Thorn and the
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On August 1, 1861, the victorious Baylor proclaimed the existence of a Confederate Arizona Territory, which comprised the area defined in the Tucson convention the previous year. He appointed himself as permanent
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and wait two weeks for the water to fall enough for a crossing. With Canby advancing down the east bank of the Rio Grande and the loss of control of the countryside to New Mexican guerillas after the
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Since the proceedings of the Tucson convention were never ratified by the United States Congress, the Provisional Territory was not considered a legal entity. For a time it operated as a
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In February 1858, the New Mexico territorial legislature adopted a resolution in favor of the creation of the Arizona Territory. The border was to be defined along the
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The following month a small picket troop of the Rangers north of Tucson fought with an equally small Union cavalry patrol from the California Column in the so-called
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prepared to attack Baylor. On July 25 the two armies met outside of town at the Battle of Mesilla in a brief engagement in which the Union troops were defeated.
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in West Texas. The government in exile remained in Texas for the duration of the war, although MacWillie continued to represent the territory in the
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for a few hours with the Confederates until their ammunition was depleted, forcing the Mounted Infantry to retire northward to their base at
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primarily because it offered Confederate access to California. Consequently, it was the scene of several important battles in the war's
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The proposal to organize the Confederate Territory of Arizona was passed by the Confederate Congress in early 1862 and proclaimed by
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had raised concerns about being able to effectively govern the southern part of the territory. It was separated from the rest by the
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Before the start of the war, the land of the current states of New Mexico and Arizona was part of the New Mexico Territory and the
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The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Series 1 – Volume 9
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on February 14, 1862. Coincidentally, Arizona statehood was approved exactly fifty years later on February 14, 1912.
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marks the only known Confederate combat deaths in the modern confines of Arizona. Other engagements include the
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Anti-slavery Representatives opposed creating a new territory, as they feared it had the potential to become a
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This article is about the Confederate territory that existed from 1861 to 1865. For the U.S. territory, see
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for the protection of the Territory from marauding Apaches and bandits. Two companies were raised in the
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In April 1860, impatient for Congress to act, the territory called a convention and 31 delegates met in
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Efforts by the Confederacy to secure control of the region led to the New Mexico Campaign. Baylor sent
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The territorial government relocated to Franklin, then with Confederate military units retreated to
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was chosen as a delegate to petition for the territory's admission into the Confederacy.
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Finch, L. Boyd. "Arizona in Exile: Confederate Schemes to Recapture the Far Southwest."
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along the Rio Grande and surprised a Union force of New Mexican militia cavalry in a
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Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865. Volume I
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Arizona was proclaimed a Confederate territory on August 1, 1861, after Colonel
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into the war. Arizona settlers were also disturbed by the closing of the
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to raise the first Territorial Militia. This comprised three companies of
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volunteers who fought at Stanwix Station and Picacho Pass fought at the
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In July 1861 a force under Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Baylor arrived in
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route and their stations in March 1861, which had connected the Arizona
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Raymond, McCoy. "Arizona Early Confederate Territory." Montana:
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Map of the Confederate States with Arizona Territory highlighted
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again delaying the advance of the California Column to Tucson.
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Sacks, B. (1963). "The Creation of the Territory of Arizona".
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that existed from August 1, 1861, to May 26, 1865, when the
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the Confederates abandoned Mesilla and retreated south to
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and a number of other smaller skirmishes and massacres.
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to Tucson to protect the population from the Apache and
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Texas, New Mexico, And Arizona, Confederate District of
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The Confederate Territory of Arizona was proclaimed in
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Arizona was thought to be important to the role of the
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as the Territorial Governor, and elected a delegate to
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