Arizona's Civil War story is a colorful one.  Colonel John R. Baylor of the Confederate States of America defeated Union troops in Arizona and New Mexico in March 1861. Arizona became a Confederate Territory  when it was annexed by President Jefferson Davis.  Baylor was later named governor in January 1862. He set up a territorial government for the Confederacy with its own  constitution. It was not until General Carelton and the California Volunteers recaptured Tucson in June 1862 and drove out Confederate forces was Arizona under Union control. Arizona became a territory under the Union flag February 26 1863. The Battle of Picacho Pass, "the westernmost conflict of the Civil War",  was fought on April 15, 1862. It took place  between Tucson and Phoenix near Picacho Peak.  (If you go on the I-10 from Phoenix to Tucson, you will pass the Picacho Peak mountains and see an exit to see the park.)

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Websites

Most of these sites can be contributed to a single person
http://members.tripod.com/~azrebel/page10.htmlMuch thanks goes out to the extensive research performed here.

Arizona Succession March 16, 1861
http://members.tripod.com/~azrebel/page9.html

Sherod Hunter's Campaign and John Baylor's Governor ship of Arizona
http://members.tripod.com/~azrebel/page6.html

John Baylor Bio
http://members.tripod.com/~azrebel/page15.html

Civil War Rosters- Arizona
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw-az.html

Kirchner's Map of the Confederacy
http://www.kirchnerprints.com/csamap.htm

Battle of Picacho Pass
http://www.wtj.com/articles/picacho/

Senate discussion of S. 307 August 6, 1850
Bill that was to create a seperate Arizona Territory, this act would fail. It was not until the Confederacy had already taken Arizona did any legislation of the type pass.

Arizona Organic Act
Established the Territory of Arizona
 

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Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

The Western territories in the Civil War / edited by LeRoy H. Fischer.
E470.9 .W4x 1977

The Civil War in the American West / by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
E470.9 .J66 1991

A history of Arizona during the Civil War, 1861-1865.
E495.95 .H3x

Picacho Pass, Arizona's Civil War story / by Larry R. Hedrick.
E473.4 .H4x

Confederate pathway to the Pacific : Major Sherod Hunter and Arizona Territory, C.S.A. / L. Boyd Finch.
E470.9 .F56 1996

The Column from California / Homer D. Wilkes.
E473.46 .W54x

The California Column in New Mexico / Darlis A. Miller.
F801 .M47 1982

Correspondence between Governor Fred'k F. Low and Brigadier-General Jas. H. Carleton.
E470.9 .L69x

The army of the Pacific; its operations in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Plains Region, Mexico, etc., 1860-1866 by Hunt, Aurora
E470.9 .H8

The war in the Far West: 1861-1865. By Lewis, Oscar, 1893-
F594 .L67

History of the Arizona Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1918-1978 / comp. by Mrs. Harry C. Tompkins (Teresa Cox).
E483.5 .A7 T6x

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Manuscript Collections

Paul Hubbard collection, 1945-1990 [manuscript]
MS FM MSS 80

Correspondence of John William Denver, 1858-1872.
FM MSM-325

Fort Leaven Worth in 1861, N.D.
FM MSM-98

Deposition of Captain R. S. C. Lord, October 1863.
FM MSM-227

Muster Rolls of Companies "A", "E", and "F", First Arizona Infantry, 1865.
FM MSM-277

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Benjamin Sacks Collection at the Arizona Historical Foundation
Items can be found in the Arizona and Southwest Index

Arizona: Confederate Invasion.
FE SACKS 2/11

Arizona Territorial Bill & Amendments, N.D. (Bill creating Arizona Territory of the Confederacy)
FE SACKS 2/12

Arizona Convention, Preamble and Resolutions, Mesilla, 1861 (Succession of Arizona from the Union)
FE SACKS 2/13

Civil War Correspondence - Notes.
FE SACKS 7/9

Military Records and Correspondence, 1860s.
FE SACKS 6/3

Civil War - Correspondence, 1862-1864.
FE SACKS 8/1

Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona.
FE SACKS 8/2

Mexican Projects of the Confederates.
FE SACKS 8/3

Letter, July 4, 1861.
FE SACKS 8/5

Confederate Western Ambitions.
FE SACKS 8/6

Victory at Fort Fillmore.
FE SACKS 12/17

Department of New Mexico - Letters Received, 1863.
FE SACKS 20/16

Civil War Prisoners - Correspondence, 1862.
FE SACKS 24/19

Correspondence Regarding Prisoners of War, 1862-1863.
FE SACKS 24/20

Records of the Office of Inspector General.
FS Film-2

General Index, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-63

Serial No. 106, Official Records of the Confederate and Union Armies.
FS Film-65

Series I, Serial No. 105, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-69

Series I, Serial No. 42, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-70
FS Film-70

Series I, Serial No. 41, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-71

Series I, Serial No. 21, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-72

Series I, Serial No. 4, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-75

General Index, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies.
FS Film-78

Series II, Serial No. 121, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-80

Series II, Serial No. 120, Official Records of Union and Confederate Armies.
FS Film-81

Letters Sent, General William Steele's Command, Confederate States Army in Arizona.
FS Film-97

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