Site of San Agustín Springs
Posted by: 
leadhiker
N 32° 25.809 W 106° 35.101
13S E 350982 N 3589222
This OSHM is on west bound US-70 near milepost 177. Be careful as their is not much room to pull on shoulder and traffic is moving fast downhill.
Waymark Code: WMBRZ8
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2011
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Marker text:
Here on July 27, 1861, less than 300 Confederate troops intercepted 500 Union soldiers retreating from Fort Fillmore to Fort Stanton. Exhausted from the heat and famished for water, the Union troops straggled across the desert in a five-mile evacuation train. Unable to fight, Major Isaac Lynde surrendered his command without firing a single shot.
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