Title: The California Column in New Mexico
Description: During the Civil War, the California Column moved to New Mexico to save it for the Union by preventing a Confederate force from occupying it. About 340 members of the Column remained in New Mexico after the war to settle the territory.
Subjects: United States, United States. Army. California Column, Soldiers, History, Biography, New mexico, description and travel
Places: New Mexico
Time periods: 1848-