Qualla: Second Battle of Mora https://qualla.com/second-battle-of-mora en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Second Battle of Mora https://qualla.com/second-battle-of-mora Second Battle of Mora: Introduction https://qualla.com/second-battle-of-mora/ On January 24, 1847, Captain Israel R. Hendley marched his men into the village of Mora, New Mexico, expecting to punish a group of insurgents. He had no artillery. He was outnumbered. He did not come back alive. One week later, Captain Jesse I. Morin returned to Mora with approximately 200 troops and at least one howitzer cannon, and this time the math was different. What followed was not merely a battle but an act of destruction so thorough that the surviving inhabitants fled into the mountains with nothing to return to -- their crops burned, their livestock slaughtered, their village reduced to ruins. The Second Battle of Mora was one episode in the broader Taos Revolt, itself a chapter of the Mexican-American War, but its brutality and its aftermath raised questions about justice and sovereignty that would reach the United States Supreme Court.

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]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/m/h/second-battle-of-mora-wp/9wmh-second-battle-of-mora-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Second Battle of Mora: Blood Debts in the Taos Valley https://qualla.com/second-battle-of-mora/ The Taos Revolt erupted in January 1847 as a coalition of Hispano militia members -- acting as Mexican nationals in territory the United States had recently occupied -- and their Puebloan allies rose against American rule in northern New Mexico. The violence was sudden and person...

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]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/m/h/second-battle-of-mora-wp/9wmh-second-battle-of-mora-blood-debts-in-the-taos-valley.mp3 0:06 2 full Second Battle of Mora: Cannon Fire in the Dirt Streets https://qualla.com/second-battle-of-mora/ Captain Morin's force arrived at Mora on February 1, 1847, with the firepower Hendley had lacked. The two sides were roughly equal in number this time, but the howitzer changed everything. When the Americans brought their cannon forward, noncombatants fled Mora for the surroundin...

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]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/m/h/second-battle-of-mora-wp/9wmh-second-battle-of-mora-cannon-fire-in-the-dirt-streets.mp3 0:06 3 full Second Battle of Mora: Trials Without Justice https://qualla.com/second-battle-of-mora/ The legal aftermath proved as troubling as the battle itself. The original Taos Revolt leaders, including Pablo Montoya, were executed immediately in Taos. At least 28 others were captured and put on trial for murder and treason. The proceedings were deeply compromised: the court...

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