1867: A SNAPSHOT OF MILITARY OCCUPATION IN NEW MEXICO
![Black and white photo of Private Augustus Walley, wearing a cowboy hat and a bandana around his neck](https://newmexicohumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NMHC-Blog-Veterans-Day-Private-Augustus-Walley-web30.jpg)
By Ellen Dornan
“The 1867 U.S. Topo Bureau map showing the Old Territory and Military Department of New Mexico, ‘compiled in the Bureau of Topographic Engineers of the War Department chiefly for military purposes under the authority of the Secretary of War,’ captures New Mexico in the midst of one of the most violent and unhappy periods of its history.”