Glorieta Pass Battlefield

Glorieta Pass Battlefield
Photo from Sharpshooter's Ridge, just north of Pigeon's Ranch. This was the location of the Union right flank during the last day's battle.
Glorieta Pass Battlefield is located in New Mexico
Glorieta Pass Battlefield
Glorieta Pass Battlefield is located in the United States
Glorieta Pass Battlefield
LocationSanta Fe County, New Mexico, US
Nearest cityPecos, New Mexico
Coordinates35°33′36″N 105°47′8″W / 35.56000°N 105.78556°W / 35.56000; -105.78556
Area444 acres (180 ha)
Built1862 (1862)
Part ofPecos National Historical Park (ID66000485)
NRHP reference No.66000486[1]
NMSRCP No.49
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLNovember 5, 1961[2]
Designated NMSRCPMay 21, 1971

The Glorieta Pass Battlefield was the site of an American Civil War battle that ended Confederate ambitions to cut off the West from the Union. The Battle of Glorieta Pass took place on March 26–28, 1862, at Glorieta Pass, on the Santa Fe Trail between the Pecos River and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The pass, and the battlefield, are now bisected by Interstate 25. Two portions of the battlefield, now publicly owned and operated by the National Park Service as part of Pecos National Historical Park, were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[2][3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks Survey, New Mexico" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  3. ^ Richard Greenwood and Cecil McKithan (July 25, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glorieta Pass Battlefield / Glorietta Pass" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 3 photos, from 1959 and 1974 (32 KB)