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Domenick d’Andrea’s National Guard Heritage Painting, “Glorieta Pass – Action at Apache Canyon,” immortalizes the Union cavalry charge at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, known as the Gettysburg of the West, March 26, 1862. The charge took place during the first phase of the battle and the first hostile engagement for the First Colorado Infantry Regiment. According to military historians, U.S. Army Maj. John Chivington, Colorado National Guard, ordered the action up the narrow canyon when Texas Confederates began to withdraw their artillery. After three days of fighting along the Santa Fe Trail in New Mexico, Confederates retreated to Texas, ending their hopes of western conquest.
161012-A-YG824-001.JPG Photo By: Dominick d'Andreas

Apache Canyon, N.M. - Domenick d’Andrea’s National Guard Heritage Painting, “Glorieta Pass – Action at Apache Canyon,” immortalizes the Union cavalry charge at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, known as the Gettysburg of the West, March 26, 1862. The charge took place during the first phase of the battle and the first hostile engagement for the First Colorado Infantry Regiment. According to military historians, U.S. Army Maj. John Chivington, Colorado National Guard, ordered the action up the narrow canyon when Texas Confederates began to withdraw their artillery. After three days of fighting along the Santa Fe Trail in New Mexico, Confederates retreated to Texas, ending their hopes of western conquest.


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