Mapping out Confederate imperialism in the American West, with “Confederate Arizona Territory”:
(This is from: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Thre…)
The Confederate conquest of “Arizona Territory” was “the first successful invasion of Union territory in the Civil War.”
More on Confederate designs to conquer the entirety of New Mexico and Confederate “Manifest Destiny”:
The “first multiracial army to fight in the American Civil War” fought on behalf of the US to specifically retain New Mexico:
“When they raised the Confederate flag above the Union Army’s headquarters in New Mexico, they became the first and only Confederate Army to occupy a capital city in Union territory during the American Civil War.”
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