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New Mexico, Civil War Letter

August 20, 2026

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Henry Jenkins, a native of Buffalo, New York, wrote from Mesilla, New Mexico, during the Civil War describing the hardships and dangers faced by Northerners in Confederate-leaning southern New Mexico. After traveling west to recover his health and trying his luck in the gold fields at Pinos Altos…

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