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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States. (search)
the Louisiana State Convention. Bouligny declared he would not obey the instructions of that illegal body.—11. The House of Representatives Resolved, that neither the Congress nor the people or governments of the non-slave-holding States have a constitutional right to legislate upon or interfere with slavery in any slave-holding State of the Union. —28. Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, vetoed a bill for legalizing the African slave-trade.—March 16. A convention at Mesilla, Ariz., passed an ordinance of secession, and subsequently the Confederate Congress erected a territorial government there.—April 17. Governor Letcher, of Virginia, recognized the Confederate government.—20. Property valued at $25,000,000, belonging to the United States government, lost at the Gosport navy-yard, Va. Eleven vessels, carrying 602 guns, were scuttled.—21. The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railway taken possession of by the United States government.—23. The
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Mexico, (search)
efore the Civil War broke out, to influence the patriotism of the 1,200 United States troops stationed there. They did not succeed; and, exciting the indignation of these troops by their propositions, they were compelled to flee from their wrath in July, 1861. At Fort Fillmore, near the Texas border, they found the officers in sympathy with them. Maj. Isaac Lynde, of Vermont, their commander, professed to be loyal, but in July, while leading about 500 of his troops towards the village of Mesilla, he fell in with a few Texan Confederates, and, after a light skirmish, fell back to the fort. He was ordered by his superiors to take his command to Albuquerque. His soldiers were allowed to drink whiskey freely on the way, and when they had gone 10 miles on the road a large portion of them were intoxicated. Then, as if by previous arrangement, a large force of Texans appeared. The sober soldiers wanted to fight, but Lynde, either treacherously or through cowardice, ordered them to sur
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Mexico, (search)
is incorporated with the Territory of New Mexico......Aug. 4, 1854 Overland mail-coach line to Pacific coast, via Mesilla, N. M., established, making the trip from San Francisco to southwest Missouri in twelve to fourteen days......July 24, 1858 common schools, under a board of supervisors and directors elected by each county......1871 Serious election riot at Mesilla......Sept. 2, 1871 Total indebtedness of New Mexico $74,000......November, 1871 Governor Marsh Giddings dies, and followed in a few weeks by other massacres and destruction of property at and near Mason's and Lloyd's ranches, west of Mesilla......Sept. 11, 1879 The New Mexican Christian advocate (M. E. Church), No. 1, Vol. I,, English and Spanish monthlylunteers of 1847, the only surviving members of this gallant band being Nicolas Pino, of Galisteo, and Henry Cuniffe, of Mesilla......July, 1894 Public schools of New Mexico awarded prizes for their exhibits at the World's Fair, Chicago......July