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When the [[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]] broke out in 1861, both [[the Confederate States of America|Confederate]] and | When the [[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]] broke out in 1861, both [[the Confederate States of America|Confederate]] and Union governments claimed ownership and territorial rights over New Mexico Territory. The Confederacy claimed the southern tract as its own [[Arizona Territory (Confederate States of America)|Arizona Territory]], and as part of the [[Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War|Trans-Mississippi Theater]] of the war, waged the ambitious [[New Mexico Campaign]] to control the [[American Southwest]] and open up access to Union California. Confederate power in the New Mexico Territory was effectively broken after the [[Battle of Glorieta Pass]] in 1862, though the Confederate territorial government continued to operate out of Texas. More than 8,000 soldiers from New Mexico Territory served in the [[Union Army]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwardata.com/dbstatus.html |title=American Civil War Research Database statistics |publisher=Civilwardata.com |date=March 4, 2012 |access-date=June 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617052546/http://www.civilwardata.com/dbstatus.html |archive-date=June 17, 2012 }}</ref> | ||
[[File:Eingeborene des nördlichen Neu-Mexiko 1861.jpg|thumb|"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by [[Balduin Möllhausen]], 1861]] | [[File:Eingeborene des nördlichen Neu-Mexiko 1861.jpg|thumb|"The indigenous people of northern New Mexico" by [[Balduin Möllhausen]], 1861]] | ||