Chapter ID: CBB064789157

“The Difficulties and Seductions of the Desert”: Landscapes of War in 1861 New Mexico (2015)

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The express rider galloped through the dusty streets of Santa Fe on the last day of July 1861, dismounting in front of Union army headquarters. He handed lieutenant colonel Edward R.S. Canby a dispatch and the Mexican War veteran quickly scanned the report. Canby then penned a note to William Chapman, the commander at Fort Union. “The express has just been received from Major Lynde,” he wrote, “reporting an engagement with the Texans near Fort Fillmore.” The dispatch bore the news that “Lynde has abandoned and burned Fort Fillmore and was moving in the direction of Fort Stanton. I do...

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Authors & Contributors
Brady, Lisa M.
Parak, Gisela
John C. Inscoe
Drake, Brian
Kenneth W. Noe
Johnson, Timothy
Concepts
Nature
Environmentalism
Environment
Science and society
Environmental history
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
Appalachian region (North America)
Institutions
United States. National Park Service
American Geographical Society
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