1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/54855/archive/files/a0b5bf6912bc945ce4f92dcb3154210d.png?Expires=1787788800&Signature=Cr7SGyhmVXtti%7ETa50WAh%7ExMkOSyeYqJaRMr1nYnKk4HMDyyrBn8EpwDXBglIydRiFyrqT8oRj0qe6HZAjpD88v2kopmzpXPo8dXqIdCQAjEpeK5eMW1GBk4Y6Tiq1eITHXO9lHl0Woi8UvRVkCO1zOCDXZfyARSMP%7EI79aI-k%7Em6QTKWWCBtPlDKR7TCUxMhv8GAHdpcPKv4VWCtj98C-9fzs2F5AYeu3RRi%7E1sy3Ab0UjgCruQMQF1%7E%7EfVZTCj2-ZYDuNBu2m2hwa7H%7EUWZdBq-Hom3V66JQ0dJwEH69MFYdxxw5sTYD1xGbW-Y6W6PBtxwiewwSVlEr%7ESJTOZ7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5b92e763ce54283fc23109badac71731 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charge of the Texas Lancers, Valverde Ford, 1862 Description An account of the resource Artwork of Confederate lancers during the Battle of Valverde. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Britain Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.wbritain.com/new-releases/charge-of-the-texas-lancers-valverde-ford-1862. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley, Officer of the Confederate Army Description An account of the resource Portrait of General Henry H. Sibley Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress. Portrait of Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley, Officer of the Confederate Army. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018666548/. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kevin Gomez Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Known Restrictions Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/54855/archive/files/b56276f5c66648294730c3c9425aa855.png?Expires=1787788800&Signature=OqAAfLwkPPOOm3CkuroJQkudV%7EZpwmSfrHWb2-XsBNP73LKYrw1i3xItG9H5vXpZxx53DqCOPQ-WrG4mvmNy8caa8hJ3%7ErA-iVIWd1C%7E3YwcgpD875YStQxTqlnjWRi7pwqVjQcX49kGtqdtUUPsBCaBVySkYrHDyBXvHxL6-hll3gT7YcoGJgppkaNVEjLCNlDXtQGWG4ByFC0gxOUrqjo3gvUyF-T0uY0x8jlTzbW5O-tPI01Uzg4gaJvUNlLhWcHo57%7ERv%7ED5XcqnU0617bec6Elxbh9ZOYn--x-gg-ce22qyASRanXFb-s66xbnoNEr3sGxFDwhVKU3AzkUalQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 671f33bd03f8d1d4ce1648aae1319354 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Socorro Visitor Center. 2014. “Battle of Valverde.” https://www.socorronm.org/notable-local/ battle-valverde/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kevin Gomez Description An account of the resource The Monument Reads: 1861 -1865 IN MEMORY OF TEXAS MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS SIBLEYS BRIGADE C.S.A. J.S. SUTTON LIEUT. Col. 7th REGT. S.A. LOCKRIDGE. MAJOR 5th REGT, M. HEUVEL CAPT 4th REGT. AND ALL UNKNOWN SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF VAL VERDE Feb 21, 1862. ERECTED BY TEXAS DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY June 1, 1936 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PNG Title A name given to the resource Battle of Valverde Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource socorronm.org Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available socorronm.org Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lost Cause in the Far West Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sons of Confederate Veterans and The Daughters of the Confederacy Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kareem Khaled, Janae Scott, Marbella Valeriano Garcia, Ian Hodges, Kevin Gomez Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 402A Fall 2023 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Denver, Colorado Leesburg, Idaho San Antonio, New Mexico Cheyenne, Wyoming St. George, Utah Description An account of the resource This collection represents an amalgamation of Confederate incursions into the western territories of North America during the Civil War in order to acquire precious metals and natural resources to assist in financing flagging efforts to sustain the Confederate agenda. Four of the territories included in this collection: Cheyenne, Wyoming; Leesburg, Idaho; Denver Colorado; and St. George, Utah were not theaters of conflict between Union and Confederate forces between 1861-1865. Instead, Confederate incursions into these territories were based on disrupting Union supply lines, interrupting Union telegraph communication, committing general bedlam crimes, exploiting precious metals, such as gold and silver to finance the war effort, and mining lead and zinc to bolster Confederate armaments in the later half of the war. In a sharp departure from the harassment and interruption of Union supplies in these territories, a small detachment of Confederate soldiers raided supply lines and murdered civilians in the Colorado territory after stealing their weapons and possessions. The only theater of conflict in this collection was the Battle of Valverde over Fort Craig in New Mexico which created a significant burden for Confederate forces and inflicted heavy losses, thus stretching the much needed resources for war, and hampering further Confederate activity in the region. The Confederates could not sustain their efforts to skirmish with Union soldiers throughout these territories, and continuous failures at obtaining gold and silver eventually forced the Confederates to retreat back to the South. Despite this retreat, significant sympathy for the Confederates had developed in these western territories. Following the failure of the Confederates in the West, General Robert E. Lee negotiated the terms of surrender with General Ulysses S. Grant officially ending Confederate aggression against Union soldiers throughout the country. After the Confederate surrender, the western territories of North America served as a haven for lost cause ideology and southern sympathizers. Former confederate soldiers and officers moved to Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming and established general stores, banks, hotels, mining enterprises. Several prominent Confederates were elected to legislative positions when statehood was granted and influenced racist and bigoted policies throughout the newly created states. Monuments and landmarks were created in the west to reinforce lost cause ideology, while townships and schools were named after Confederate generals and figureheads to reinforce the erasure of the legacy of slavery in the South. The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans took painstaking efforts to justify Confederate incursions into these territories and to bolster financial and political support from Southern sympathizers. New Mexico eventually became the home for the daughter and son-in-law of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis. They became entrenched in the banking industry and had prominent roles in civil society. Despite being the site of such a limited theater of conflict during the Civil War, the state of New Mexico, in association with the Sons of Confederate Veterans hosted a massive convention of Confederate Veterans. As the contemporary debate has raged as to what to do with Confederate iconography throughout the United States, each of the locations in this collection have employed various means to remove, alter, cloak, or convert their Confederate monuments and landmarks. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Consult sources for each item in the collection. Type The nature or genre of the resource Monument, Gravestone, High School, and Abandoned Township. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Leesburg, Idaho 1866 St. George, Utah 1911 Fort Craig, New Mexico 1936 Denver, Colorado 2003 Cheyenne, Wyoming 2010 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data JPEG Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Battle of Valverde Confederate Monument, Fort Craig, New Mexico Description An account of the resource The Western United States during the Civil War offered the Confederacy hope. With not many resources in the South, "In 1862, flush with a grandiose plan to conquer the New Mexico Territory and perhaps to secure for the Confederacy the vast mineral resources of the Rocky Mountains and California, Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley crossed the border from El Paso with an army of nearly 2,600 Texans." On their journey westward, on February 21, 1862, “Fort Craig was host to the largest U.S. Civil War battle in the Southwest. It was the epicenter of a battle that involved thousands of Union and Confederate troops, many of them New Mexico volunteers under the command of Kit Carson.” The Battle of Valverde was the major reason the Confederates were not able to capture the Southwest. The Battle of Valverde was costly for the Confederates. Many accounts reported different numbers of men lost, but the Texan Confederates lost “... 200 men, with approximately 70 of these being killed or dying of their wounds. Approximately 50 percent of the Texas cavalry mounts were killed, necessitating one cavalry regiment being converted to an infantry regiment. Many leaders were listed among the casualties….” The Confederates did not expect to lose this many men, and what made matters worse was that many high ranking soldiers were lost. There was one major problem that arose for the Confederates after the victory at Valverde. Needing time to recover, “The Texans spent several days at Valverde recuperating from the battle. Still believing his forces incapable of a successful assault on Fort Craig, Sibley directed his command northward towards Albuquerque and much needed supplies of rations and ammunition.” Using much of their resources during the Battle of Valverde, the Confederates did not have enough supplies to capture Fort Craig, so the Confederates decided to push northward instead to try and obtain supplies from somewhere else. As the Confederates pushed north “... the Federals abandoned Albuquerque and Santa Fe, burning their own supplies…After the destruction of their wagons in Glorieta, the Texans were in dire straits. Within the week Sibley chose to abandon Santa Fe– so long the centerpiece of the dream of southern empire.” The Battle of Valverde, albeit of it being a Confederate victory, changed the history of the Southwest United States. Losing more men than anticipated and using up most of their resources during the Battle of Valverde, the Confederates had to change their plans. Those changes of plans ended up getting the last of the Confederate supplies destroyed during the Battle of Glorieta. After the Battle of Glorieta, the Confederates abandoned New Mexico. The Confederates claimed that their losses were not because they were defeated out on the battlefield, but rather, the Union had more supplies and men and that is why the Confederates gave up on New Mexico and lost the Civil War. The excuses given by the Confederates is known as the Lost Cause narrative. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The United Daughters of the Confederacy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived [1] Taylor, John McLellan. Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862. 1st ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995. [2] U.S Department of The Interior Bureau of Land Management. “Fort Craig Historic Site.” https://www.blm.gov/visit/fort-craig-historic-site#:~:text=Fort%20Craig%20was%20host%20to,the%20command%20of%20Kit%20Carson. [3] Perrine, David D. “Battle of Valverde, New Mexico Territory, February 21, 1862.” Journal of the West 19, no. 4 (1980): 26-38. [4] Perrine, “Battle of Valverde, New Mexico Territory, February 21, 1862.” [5] Nelson, Megan Kate. “Death in the Distance: CONFEDERATE MANIFEST DESTINY AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR NEW MEXICO, 1861–1862.” In Civil War Wests: Testing the Limits of the United States, edited by Adam Arenson and Andrew R. Graybill, 1st ed., 33–52. University of California Press, 2015. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt13x1gqn.6. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1 June 1936 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kevin Gomez Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Hist. 402 A Fall 2023 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Fort Craig, New Mexico Battle of Valverde Fort Craig General Sibley New Mexico