03236nam 2200697 a 450 991081270970332120240205175815.01-299-05406-41-60344-685-0(CKB)2550000000051301(EBL)1100930(OCoLC)759158576(SSID)ssj0000565236(PQKBManifestationID)11973671(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565236(PQKBWorkID)10528187(PQKB)10509244(MiAaPQ)EBC1100930(OCoLC)756822454(MdBmJHUP)muse14826(Au-PeEL)EBL1100930(CaPaEBR)ebr10492847(CaONFJC)MIL436656(EXLCZ)99255000000005130120110202d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrTurmoil on the Rio Grande the territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 /William S. Kiser1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Press20111 online resource (305 p.)Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;no. 38Description based upon print version of record.1-60344-296-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Doniphan at Brazito -- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -- The international boundary surveys -- Enter James Gadsden -- Fort Fillmore and the Apaches -- Separatist movements in Mesilla -- Mesilla : capital of the Arizona Territory -- The Confederate invasion -- The Confederate Territory of Arizona -- Martial law in the Mesilla Valley -- Conclusion.The mid-nineteenth century was a tumultuous yet formative time for the Mesilla Valley, home to present-day Las Cruces, New Mexico. With the coming of the U.S. Army to Mexican territory in 1846, the region became the site of a continent-shaping power struggle between two rival nations.When Mexican governor Manuel Armijo unexpectedly fled Santa Fe, he left the New Mexico territory undefended, and it fell to forces under Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny in a bloodless occupation. In the ensuing two decades, the southern portion of New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley played a prominenElma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;no. 38.Territorial history of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847Gadsden PurchaseApache IndiansNew MexicoFort FillmoreHistory19th centuryMesilla Valley (N.M.)History19th centuryNew MexicoHistoryTo 1848New MexicoHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865ArizonaHistoryTo 1912Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847.Gadsden Purchase.Apache IndiansHistory978.9/66Kiser William S.1986-1717706MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812709703321Turmoil on the Rio Grande4114144UNINA