Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-12-02
CONFEDERACY AGAIN.
More History of Arizona During
the Civil War.
Bloody Battles, Where Western
Tactics Were Uesd to Good
Advantage.

The rule of Arizona by the con-
federacy has been commented on by
old timers now in Tucson.
FL. B. Palmer was in 1862 at Mesilla,
now in New Mexico. He says the en-
trance of the town by Baylor, the con-
federate governor, was announced with
the firing of shell into the town, with
somewhat disastrous effects. The town
had no soldlery and had made no resis-
tacne. The act was therefore commented
on by the next issue of the Mesilla
Times as needless and cowardly. This
reused the ire of Baylor and he chal-
lenged Kelly, the editor. A duel was
arranged, but before the time for it to
come off Kelly and Baylor met in the
street aud Baylor shot and killed him.
Kelly prepared the old map of the
original Arizona, now in possession of
the Pioneers, the only copy extsnt.
As governor of Arizona Mr.. Palmer
has no recollections of Baylor. The
first governor of the territorial govern
ment was Gov. Goodwin, an Ohio man.
He never reached Arizona. His death
occurred en- route, at Albuquerque. His
secretary, Mccormick, succeeded him.
Gov. Mccormick was later delegate to
congress and one of the best Arizona
ever had.
THE CIVIL WAR IN ARIZONA.
A. b. Sampson, an old soldier and cary
conner, gives the following list of con-
federate battles in Arizona and New
Mexico:
Lieutenant Col. John r. Baylor. of
the Second Mounted Rifles, G. S. A,
entered the Mesilla valley, in July, 1861,
and took possession for the confederacy.
Major Isaac Lynde of the Seventh in-
fantry, U. S. A, had force of 700
men at Fort Fillmore. In a cowardly
way he surrendered TO Baylor.
General Sibley with his brigade of
Texans arrived the December following,
and declared martial law. Siblsy was in
command at Val Verde the Dist of
February, 1862. The union troops were
commanded by Major Roberts until
noon that day, when General Candy
took command. The days engagement
was confederate victory.
The sklrmish of Apache Canon comes
next-March 26. 1862. Major w. r.
Scurry was in command of the advance
lAO uAlOA QFdHCC
column was commanded by Major
Chivlngton. The battle resulted in a
union victory.
BATTLE OF PIGEONS RANCH.
Two days later, the 18th, came the
battle of Pigeons Ranch, or Glorietta.
1t was between Major Scurry in COM
mand of the confederates and Col.
Slough in charge of the union forces.
Slough had 1912 men. He sent 400 of
them with Major Chivington to attack
the confederates in the rear. Lieu
tenant Colonel Manuel Chavez guided
them by a mountain trail, and they
captured and destroyed all the wagons,
and supplies Scurry had. Not hearing
the roar OF battle they did not attack
the rear
Colonel Slough had remaining S32
men. Not over 600 were actually
engaged. Scurry had 17OO The battle
ragged for five hours and a quarter.
The union force was slowly falling back,
and at their last stand were not at
tackled. ave thought that we were
whipped" says Mr.. Sampson, until
Colonel Slough made the remark that
he had two strings to his bow-that he
had sent Major Chivington to attack
their rear-a fact that we had not known |
before"
Scurry sent in a flag of truce, asking
for a cessation of hostilities, in order to |
care for the wounded, and to bury the |
dead.
Major Chivington came in with his
men, about 8 p. m.
BATTLE OF PERALTA
The battle of Peralta, April 10, was |
merely show of force to make the con-
federates go home. Only few men |
were killed. The union forces, Canby's |
and Chivington's, were together and |
did not wish to capture men whom they |
could not feed"
Colonel Slough resigned and was
made a brigadier general. General |
Candy was a poor fighter. He relieved |
General Banks after the latter was de-
feated, but he did not appear before
Mobile until the 9th of March. Grant
says, vol. ii, page 519: Il had tried for
more than two years to have an ex-
expedition sent against Mobile when its
possession by us would have been great
1t finally cost lives to take
it when its possession was of no i'm
portance, and when, if left alone, it
would within few days have fallen into
our hands without any bloodshed what
ever"
Candy was killed by the Modocs in
Oregon.