Confederate Soldiers Buried Here - Albuquerque, NM
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N 35° 05.766 W 106° 40.191
13S E 347794 N 3884975
A plaque about the burial of Confederate Soldiers is located in the Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WM5KJW
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Turtle3863
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General Henry H. Sibley and his Texas volunteers occupied Old Town Albuquerque and raised the Confederate flag at this location in March 1862. A plaque on the gazebo located in the center of Old Town Plaza reads as follows:

Confederate Soldiers who served in Gen Sibley's Brig with Maj Trevanion T Teel were buried here when Conf Flag was flying over Old Albuquerque in April 1862.

Another plaque on the opposite side of the gazebo reads:

Skirmish of Albuquerque
April 8-9, 1862

While Confederate Brigadier General H.H. Sibley was assembling the bulk of his army at Santa Fe, Union Colonel E.R.S. Canby moved 1200 men from Fort Craig to occupy Albuquerque--"If it can be done without serious loss." Though outnumbered six to one, a small detachment of Confederates under Captain William P. Hardeman repulsed the attack and maintained possession of the town.

--Emplaced by the New Mexico Sons of Confederate Veterans, April 9, 1982.

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