Qualla: Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/k/f/battle-of-glorieta-pass-wp/start-civil-war-confed.jpg Qualla: Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass/ Photo credit U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos, Public domain. They called it the Gettysburg of the West, and while historians argue the nickname inflates its scale, no one disputes what happened in this narrow mountain pass in March 1862. Over three days of fighting in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains southeast of Santa Fe, a ragged force of Colorado volunteers and U.S. regulars broke the Confederacy's western ambitions forever. The battle itself was a Confederate tactical victory. The war in the West, however, was lost at a ranch behind the lines, where 80 supply wagons went up in flames and 500 horses and mules were scattered into the mountains.

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]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/k/f/battle-of-glorieta-pass-wp/9wkf-battle-of-glorieta-pass-the-gettysburg-of-the-west-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West: A Confederate Dream of Western Empire https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass/ Photo credit TradingCardsNPS, CC BY 2.0. The plan was audacious. Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley intended to sweep through New Mexico Territory, seize the gold and silver mines of Colorado, and push all the way to California. In February 1862, Sibley outmaneuvered Union Colonel Edward Canby at the Bat...

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]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/k/f/battle-of-glorieta-pass-wp/9wkf-battle-of-glorieta-pass-the-gettysburg-of-the-west-a-confederate-dream-of-western-empire.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West: Colorado Volunteers March South https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass/ Photo credit ArdadN, CC BY-SA 3.0. Union forces under Colonel John P. Slough of the 1st Colorado Infantry performed a forced march from Denver, over Raton Pass, to Fort Union, and then on to Glorieta Pass, covering the distance in just 14 days. Major John M. Chivington led the advance guard. On March 26, Chivingto...

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]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/k/f/battle-of-glorieta-pass-wp/9wkf-battle-of-glorieta-pass-the-gettysburg-of-the-west-colorado-volunteers-march-south.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West: The Fight at Pigeon's Ranch https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass/ Photo credit Domenick d’Andrea, Public domain. The main battle on March 28 was brutal. Slough sent Chivington on a flanking march while he engaged the Confederate front near Pigeon's Ranch. But Confederate Colonel William Read Scurry advanced faster than expected, and the two forces collided around 11:00 in the morning. Lieut...

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]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/k/f/battle-of-glorieta-pass-wp/9wkf-battle-of-glorieta-pass-the-gettysburg-of-the-west-the-fight-at-pigeons-ranch.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West: The Raid That Changed Everything https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass/ Photo credit Domenick d’Andrea, Public domain. While the main battle raged, Chivington and his flanking force had found something far more valuable than an exposed enemy flank. They discovered the Confederate supply train at Johnson's Ranch, guarded by only a single cannon and a handful of men. Chivington's soldiers descended...

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]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/k/f/battle-of-glorieta-pass-wp/9wkf-battle-of-glorieta-pass-the-gettysburg-of-the-west-the-raid-that-changed-everything.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Gettysburg of the West: What Remains in the Pass https://qualla.com/battle-of-glorieta-pass/ Photo credit Carptrash / Carptrash at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1987, two Confederate burial sites were discovered at Pigeon's Ranch: the solitary grave of Major Shropshire and a mass grave of 30 Confederate soldiers. Shropshire's remains were reburied beside his parents in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1990. The other 30 were reinterred in...

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