Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Santa Fe County, NM Events Date Type 02/21/1862 Confederate Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley inflicts a heavy defeat on Union forces in New Mexico Battles/Soldiers 12/17/1867 In Santa Fe, New Mexico Chief Justice John P. Slough dies two days after his wounding by a political rival. Crime/Disasters 12/15/1867 New Mexico Chief Justice John P. Slough is shot and fatally wounded, in Santa Fe. Crime/Disasters 03/10/1862 The Confederate invasion of New Mexico reaches and occupies the territorial capital of Santa Fe Battles/Soldiers People Burial Place of Chaves, José Francisco Documents Date Title 01/03/1858 New York Herald, "The Kansas Trouble in Congress," January 3, 1858 07/01/1858 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Passage at Arms between Lincoln and Douglas in 1854," July 1, 1858 07/25/1858 (St. Louis) Missouri Republican, "On the Way to Arizonia," July 25, 1858 02/27/1859 Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Slave Property Protected in New Mexico,” February 27, 1859 Images Santa Fe, New Mexico, Winter 1865, artist's impression Santa Fe, New Mexico, Winter 1865, artist's impression, detail Bibliography The Fall of Santa Fe Conquest of Santa Fe
