![]() With that the Battle of Glorieta (AKA The Gettysburg of the West) was over. Eventually the Union soldiers got up onto Glorieta Mesa, above the pass, and circled back around to Canoncito behind the Confederates where they burned the Confederates supplies and shot or scattered their horses and mules. The heaviest fighting took place around Pigeons ranch, which served as a field hospital during the battle. ![]() The Confederates had their wagon train in Apache canyon and were pursuing the Union soldiers up the canyon. In March of 1862 there was a running battle that started in Apache canyon near Canoncito, on the west side of Glorieta pass, that ran up through the pass along the Santa Fe Trail and down toward the village of Pecos. It would also determine who controlled the gold and silver mines of California and Colorado and the Confederates were pushing north to take Fort Union and then move up through Raton Pass to take control of Colorado. The winning side would get to determine whether the territories would allow slavery or not. It turns out that this old building has some interesting history.ĭuring the Civil War there was a struggle between the Confederates and the Union over control of the territories that were just being settled. Last summer I got a call from my friend Doug Porter, who I do some historic preservation work with, and he asked me if I would be interested in replicating and repairing some historic doors and window sash at the Alexandre Pigeons Ranch. Over the years I've seen people from the Pecos National Historic Park working on it and leading tours there. I've seen it driving by for 22 years but had no idea what it was. Along the side of highway 50 between Glorieta and Pecos, New Mexico, is a rundown old adobe building.
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