Territory of Arizona (Confederate States)

Territory of Arizona
Organized incorporated territory of the Confederate States
← 1861–1865 →   →
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Capital		Mesilla 32°16′27.519″N 106°47′43.6632″W / 32.27431083°N 106.795462000°W / 32.27431083; -106.795462000
Government		Organized incorporated territory
Governor
•	1860–1861	Dr. L. S. Owings (provisional)
•	1861–1862	Col. John R. Baylor
•	1862–1865	Dr. L. S. Owings (in exile)
Legislature		Arizona Territorial Legislature
Historical era		American Civil War
•	Ordinance of Secession	March 28, 1861
•	Organized by Confederacy	January 18, 1862
•	Occupied by U.S.	July 8, 1862
•	Surrender of C.S. Trans-Mississippi Department	May 26, 1865
Today part of		Arizona  New Mexico

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Confederate Arizona, officially the Territory of Arizona, and also known as Arizona Territory, was a territory claimed by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, between 1861 and 1865. Delegates to secession conventions had voted in March 1861 to secede from the New Mexico Territory and the United States, and seek to join the Confederacy. It consisted of the portion of the New Mexico Territory south of the 34th parallel, including parts of the modern states of New Mexico and Arizona. Its capital was Mesilla along the southern border. The Confederate territory overlapped the Arizona Territory later established by the Union government in 1863.

The physical geography differed in that the Confederate Arizona Territory was approximately the southern half of the historic New Mexico Territory. The Union-defined Arizona Territory was approximately the western half of what had been New Mexico Territory, and became the basis for the future state.

The territory was officially declared on August 1, 1861, following the Confederate victory at the Battle of Mesilla. The Confederate hold in the area was broken after the Battle of Glorieta Pass, March 26–28, 1862, the defining battle of the New Mexico Campaign. In July 1862, the government of the Confederate Territory of Arizona relocated to El Paso, Texas. With the approach of Union troops, it withdrew to eastern Texas, where it remained for the duration of the war. The territory continued to be represented in the Confederate Congress, and Confederate troops continued to fight under the Arizona banner until the war's end.

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