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CIVIL WAR re-enactors prepare to fire a small gun Sunday during the "Battle of Glorieta Pass" a New Mexico engagement near Sante Fe where ll00 Texans pushed more than 800 Colorado Union Volunteers "to a mutually exhausted stand-off" during Sunday's re-enactment which included an re-enactment of the Battle of Picacho Peak, which has become known as the "western most battle of the Civil War". Approximately 1000 people attended Picacho Peak State Park "The Civil War in the Southwest" re enactments Sunday while another 1700 attended the battles on Saturday....
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