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Camp Weld was established in September 1861 for Colorado Civil War volunteers and named for Lewis L. Weld, the first Secretary of Colorado Territory. Troops leaving here on Feb. 22, 1862, won victory over Confederate forces at La Glorieta, New Mexico, and saved the Southwest for the Union. It served as headquarters against Indians in 1864-65, and the camp was abandoned in 1865.
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