Thursday, June 6, 2013

April 26, 1861---Confederate Los Angeles



APRIL 26, 1861:         

The Monte Mounted Rifles, a California-based secessionist militia, is suppressed by Federal troops amidst fears that southern California may secede from the State and join the Confederacy. Other pro-Confederate forces provide support for C.S.A. actions in Arizona and New Mexico.



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