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Chaves served as a soldier in campaigns against the
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704:"Who Killed Jose Francisco Chaves?"
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638:Twitchell,
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580:13 December
546:13 December
326:Pedro Perea
109:Preceded by
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688:2021-10-02
523:References
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381:Union Army
348:, studied
340:Early life
208:Republican
171:New Mexico
159:New Mexico
157:Padillas,
151:1833-06-27
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261:Biography
235:Education
224:Relatives
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1065:Anderson
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929:Gallegos
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894:Gallegos
471:See also
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230:(father)
214:Children
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55:at-large
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1233:Herrell
1203:Runnels
1198:Foreman
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919:Clever
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266:Family
163:Mexico
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1208:Skeen
1152:Lujan
1101:Curry
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1050:Simms
979:Rodey
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817:from
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451:Death
377:major
165:(now
1094:Seat
1070:Lusk
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882:Seat
750:ISBN
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