sentences:  His enlistment was up in March 1861 and he was discharged at Fort Craig, only to enroll in the New Mexico Volunteers as a first lieutenant in Albuquerque the following August.He fought against the Confederate Army at the Battle of Glorieta Pass and stayed with his unit when it was incorporated into the First Regiment, New Mexico Cavalry.After the Confederate troops left New Mexico, he was assigned as a recruiting officer in Polvadera, New Mexico.