New Mexico's Divided Loyalties:

A Fascinating Civil War History While the majority of the United States was embroiled in the North-South conflict during the Civil War, the territory of New Mexico's allegiances were far more nuanced and complex.

Unlike the clear-cut divisions seen in other regions, New Mexico's population was deeply divided, with both Union and Confederate sympathies coexisting within its borders.

As a sparsely populated frontier territory, New Mexico found itself caught in the crosshairs of the warring factions.

The territory's governor at the time, Henry Connelly, was a staunch Unionist who adamantly opposed secession. - https://mexicofocusguide.com/blog/was-new-mexico-ever-a-confederate-state/?unique_id_g196lmus

Exploring New Mexico's Complex Civil War Allegiances: Was It a Confederate State?