CHS Docent Cont. Education: Battle of Glorieta Pass Confederate Mass Grave, 1862

Published 2020-12-17

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ABOUT THE SITE
Coronado Historic Site and the ruins of Kuaua Pueblo are located just minutes north of Albuquerque (off of I-25, Exit 242) in Bernalillo. Kuaua was the northernmost of the twelve villages. Its name means "evergreen" in Tiwa. It was first settled around AD 1325 and was occupied by approximately 1,200 people when Coronado arrived. Conflict with Coronado and later Spanish explorers led to the abandonment of this site within a century of first contact. Today, the descendants of the people of Kuaua live in the surviving Tiwa-speaking villages of Taos, Picuris, Sandia, and Isleta.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE
Battle of Glorieta Pass Confederate Mass Grave, 1862 - recorded September 3, 2020
The Battle of Glorieta Pass is referred to by many as the “Gettysburg of the West.” Following early victories by a Confederate Army attempting to conquer New Mexico Territory, the battle represented a turning point in the war. Destruction of the Confederate supply train by Union forces led to the retreat of the Confederate Army south, never to threaten Union supremacy in the American West again. In 1987 while building his house, a New Mexico resident unearthed a Confederate mass grave associated with the battle. This presentation examines the archaeological and forensic findings associated with the soldiers buried therein.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matthew J. Barbour holds BA (2002) and MA (2010) degrees in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico and has worked for the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs since 2002. Currently, Mr. Barbour is the Regional Manager of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites. Throughout his eighteen-year career, he has published over 200 nonfiction articles and monographs. In 2012, and again in 2014, Mr. Barbour was awarded the City of Santa Fe Heritage Preservation Award for Excellence in Archaeology. In 2018, under Mr. Barbour’s management, Coronado Historic Site received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. Then in 2019, Jemez Historic Site received the Archaeology Heritage Preservation from New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.

Coronado Historic Site: nmhistoricsites.org/coronado

Music:
Marlon Magdalena: youtube.com/c/MarlonMagdalena
Marlon’s Website: www.marlonmagdalena.com/