The 1st New Mexico Infantry Regiment
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Unit History
1st Organization
Organized at Fort Union and Santa Fe, N.M., July 1 to August 13, 1861. Duty at Fort Union until February, 1862. Action at Valverde, N.M., February 21. Pursuit of Confederate forces April 13-22. Duty in Central Northern and Santa Fe Districts until May, 1862. Consolidated with 2nd Infantry, to form 1st New Mexico Cavalry May 31, 1862.
2nd Organization
Organized October 1, 1863. Attached to Department of New Mexico and on garrison duty by detachments at Forts Union, Selden, Craig, Bowie, Cummings. McRae, Goodwin and other points in that Department during entire term of service. (Co. "K" at Fort Lyon, Colo., September, 1864, to February, 1865.) Expedition from Fort Craig, N.M., to Fort Goodwin, Ariz., May 16 to August 2, 1864 (Co. "I"). Expedition to Pinal Mountains July 18-August 17, 1864 (Detachment Co. "I"). Expedition to Pinal Creek August 1-5, 1864. Expedition from Fort Craig to Fort Goodwin, Ariz., October 1-November 27, 1864. Mustered out November 7, 1866.
