150 years ago today, July 10, 1863, General James H. Carleton learned at Los Pinos, New Mexico of Gettysburg and Vicksburg. He ordered western Territory forts to celebrate the victories and sent Kit Carson the rest of his Army for the Navajo roundup.

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150 years ago today (150 yards from where I am now sitting in Santa Fe), June 17, 1863, a group of con artists discovered the time-honored fact that there is no honor among thieves. “Where They Bury You,” coming to Amazon and a bookstore near you from Sunstone Press.

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150 Years Ago Today

May 9, 1863: Back East, the Union was reeling from Lee’s victory at Chancellorsville and Lee was reeling at the loss of Stonewall Jackson. Out West, with the Confederates already driven out of the Territories, Kit Carson was preparing to follow his orders from...