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[BATTLE OF PIGEON’S RANCH]

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[BATTLE OF PIGEON’S RANCH]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[BATTLE OF PIGEON’S RANCH] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>Little-known but important battle that saved New Mexico for the Union. A Colorado Cavalry regiment headed by Colonel Chivington defeated a command of Texas Rangers on Mar 28, 1862, ending the Confederate advance into New Mexico. ALS, 1p, legal folio, Washington County, AK, 1878. C.W. Walker writes for a widow, Margaret Elizabeth Hutson Shelton, requesting the bounty due her “<i>as the widow of Jarrett Hutson,</i>” 1st Regt. Colorado Volunteers, “<i>killed at the Battle of Pigeon’s Ranch.</i>” Treasury Department form indicating payment of $155.71 laid to verso. Boldly penned. Light stain at center of text; o/w VG.</span></p>