I need to Know who Rafael Chacon is for a research project Help!!!?

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I need to Know who Rafael Chacon is for a research project Help!!!?

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Rafael  Chacon was born April 22, 1833 in Santa Fe in the Territory of New Mexico when it was still under the control of Mexico. At 11, attended military school.  in Chalpultepec, Mexico.   February 1855, Rafael was enlisted as 1st Sgt to fight in the 1855 Indian Campaign. He was discharged on July 31, 1855 after serving a six month term. He became a trader and in April, 1858 he married Juanita Paez.

During Civil War he was at Ft. Union NM,  was made captain under Kit Carson.. His company was totally Spanish-speaking.  In 1861 he was ordered to Albuquerque to protect the area from invading Indians and the possible Texan (Confederate) Invasion. While stationed in Albuquerque he drilled his men and they were used as a police force to chase down robbers who had killed a family.  was at  Ft. Craig in February 1862 to hunt down Confederate locations. On Feb. 16,1862 Gen. Sibley's Confederate forces were deploying near Ft. Craig. Rafael's company and other mounted companies charged the lines firing some shots, inflicting very little damage. On Feb. 21, 1862 Rafael Chacon and Co. went to Valverde escorting the first elements of the Union Army. In the late afternoon Chacon had re-joined the 1st New Mexico nd saw the capturing of Alexander McRae's guns to the enemy. The order to retreat had sounded from Col. Canby's orders, Chacon and his men were the last to cross the Rio Grande and the last to fire on the Texans on Feb. 21.

Rafael  stayed around Ft. Craig well after the Confederates went up river and fought the battles of Apache Pass and Glorieta.   April 1862 Chacon and his company were ordered north to Albuquerque to confront and disrupt the Confederates there and in the surrounding area. He fought in the skirmishing at Albuquerque and Peralta on April 15, 1862.  He and his men pursued the retreating Confederate Army until it left New Mexico. He had taken some prisoners and had escorted them to Ft. Union.  On May 25, 1862 Rafael Chacon was Captain of newly formed 1st Cavalry Regiment of NM volunteers under the command of Col. Carson.