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NM Hwy 50 (Mile Marker 1), off US Interstate 25, Exit 299

Glorieta Battlefield: The decisive battle of the Civil War in New Mexico was fought at the summit of Glorieta Pass on March 28, 1862.  Union troops won the battle when a party of Colorado volunteers burned the Confederate supply wagons, thus destroying Southern hopes for taking over New Mexico.

March 2000

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