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The lower Rio Grande Region also saw Camp Connelly, Post at Socorro, Fort Conrad, Camp Robledo, Post at Dona Ana, and the Post of Las Cruces.

In 1861 Lt. Colonel John R. Baylor occupied Mesilla and issued a proclamation taking possession of the Territory of New Mexico in the name of the Confederate States of America. He made Mesilla the seat of his government. After the Confederates were driven from the territory, Mesilla was for a short time in 1863 the headquarters of the District of Arizona under the command of General Joseph R. West, but this headquarters was transferred to El Paso and Mesilla's days of military importance ended.

New Mexico Wanderings