To the Heroes

Federal Army soldiers who fell at the Battle of Valverde on February 21, 1862, at the battles of Cañon Del Apache and Pigeon's Rancho (La Glorieta) on March 28, 1862, and at the battle at Peralta on April 15, 1862, were honored alongside those who had fallen in various battles with Indians in the Territory of New Mexico. The tribute was erected by the people of New Mexico through their legislatures of 1866, 1867, and 1868, with the declaration, “May the Union be Perpetual.”

Santa Fe, New Mexico · United States