 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaConfederate, zvisinei, vaidavira kuti kuzarura nzira yokuCalifornia kwaizobetsera mhaka yavo. Muzhizha ra1861, John R. Baylor akatungamira maConfederate kupinda muMesilla ndokuzivisa chikamu chekumaodzanyemba kweNew Mexico senharaunda yeConfederate yeArizona. Akabva apinda muTucson ndokuzivisa kuti Southern Arizona raiva dunhu rechipiri reArizona Territory. Achipindura uku kudenha, Mutungamiri Abraham Lincoln akagadza Henry Connelly - wezvematongerwe enyika weAnglo uyo akaroora mumhuri yeMexico yeAmerica - gavhuna wenharaunda yeNew Mexico. Vachikurudzira chivimbo pakati pevaNuevomexicanos, uto reUnion rakakurumidza kuzadzwa nevaMexico vokuAmerica. Zvikamu zveNew Mexico, zvinozivikanwa seNew Mexico Volunteers, zvaitungamirirwa naBrigadier General Diego Archuleta, Lt. Col. Manuel Chávez, Lt. Col. Francisco Perea, Col. José Guadalupe Gallegos, J. Francisco Chaves, uye Cpt. Rafael Chacón. Iri uto rakakura reMexico rakakwanisa kuparadza Confederate kubata kuNew Mexico naKurume 28, 1862, apo Lt. Col. Manuel Chávez nemauto ake vakaparadza chitima cheConfederate chekutakura paGlorieta Pass uye vakamanikidza varwi veConfederate kusiya munda. Kazhinji inonzi Gettysburg yokuMadokero, Hondo yeGlorieta Pass yakaguma nokuedza kweConfederates kutora Western United States. NeConfederates kutera kweNyika, vaMexico veAmerica vanobva kuCalifornia vaive nebasa rekubvisa vese vatsigiri veConfederates, kusanganisira maFrench imperialistsuyo akapinda muU.S. panguva yokutonga kwaMaximilian muMexico. 