Civil war

[nnieto505]

I been trying to find any information on where confederates made camp along the rio grande river enroute to take albuquerque, santa fe, and back to texas after loosing at glorietta. Found route they took on march and retreat but nothing about setting up camp along the way. 80-100 supply wagons along with the riders and foot soldiers must make a good size camp somewhere to hunt for relics! !

 

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[L.C. BAKER]

I been trying to find any information on where confederates made camp along the rio grande river enroute to take albuquerque, santa fe, and back to texas after loosing at glorietta. Found route they took on march and retreat but nothing about setting up camp along the way. 80-100 supply wagons along with the riders and foot soldiers must make a good size camp somewhere to hunt for relics! !

Start at a city or town that was there at that time and figure 12-18 miles a day. that is about how far they would have traveled.

 

[nnieto505]

Thanks! Thought the same thing but then started wondering how far off the river they would camp or would it be close enough for the horses?? Hoping it would be just off the river cause anything further out is now farm land

 

[Tejaas]

I been trying to find any information on where confederates made camp along the rio grande river enroute to take albuquerque, santa fe, and back to texas after loosing at glorietta. Found route they took on march and retreat but nothing about setting up camp along the way. 80-100 supply wagons along with the riders and foot soldiers must make a good size camp somewhere to hunt for relics! !

You need to private message me.

I have over 10 years of research invested in this exact subject.

 

[Springfield]

nnieto505 - interesting project. A friend of mine was into the same thing back quite a few years ago. Many of the campsites were used by all sorts of travelers since the 16th century. It was pretty much the only north/south route through the state until settlement after the CW. There was also limited traffic up and down the Pecos River. Presumably, there's a bunch of cultural cross-pollination at he campsites.

My buddy was using aerial photographs and was able to find some tracks between Las Cruces and Socorro, but not much. Hopefully Tejaas has access to some military records. Please keep us posted with your results.

 

[Rawhide]

While the location of some old forts is still known, they are under pecan trees now. What type of ammo would one expect to find, as I always find bullets and casing out of town?

 

[hvacker]

People I've talked to remember relatives still finding relics from the Battle of Glorieta in recent memory. I've been it the Glorieta mountains a number of times but I was looking for something else. The battle took place after the Confederate occupation of Santa Fe. Most likely route from Albuquerque and Santa Fe was the La Bahada. Now Rt 25.

 

[NMCaveman]

I grew up south of Albuquerque in bosque farms. My mother was born there and there was supposedly an active battle just north of the intersection of the south bosque loop and hwy 47. This was on the east side of hwy 47 across from what used to be the sidewinder inn. Hope this helps.