CIVIL WAR IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO TERRITORY
Title | CIVIL WAR IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO TERRITORY PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Cottrell |
Publisher | Pelican Publishing Company |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 1995-06-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1455602272 |
The Civil War in the Indian Territory proved to be a test of valor and endurance for both sides. Author Steve Cottrell outlines the events that led up to the involvement of this region in the war, the role of the Native Americans who took part in the war, and the effect their participation had on the war's outcome, particularly in this region. For Indians, as in the rest of the country, neighbor was pitted against neighbor, with members of the same tribe often fighting against each other. Cottrell describes in vivid detail the guerilla warfare, surprise attacks, and all-out battles that stained the grassy plains of Oklahoma with blood. In addition, he introduces the reader to the interesting and often colorful leaders of the military-North and South-including the only Indian to attain the rank of general in the war, Confederate general Stand Watie. With outstanding illustrations by Andy Thomas, this story is a tribute to and a revealing portrait of those who fought and the important role they played in this era of our country's history.
The Battle of Glorieta
Title | The Battle of Glorieta PDF eBook |
Author | Don E. Alberts |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | History |
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A full, detailed, and accurate history of the struggle in the Glorieta valley. Includes organization, pproach to the battle, military units organized and where, all known participants' accounts.
A Civil War History of the New Mexico Volunteers and Militia
Title | A Civil War History of the New Mexico Volunteers and Militia PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry D. Thompson |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Pages | 896 |
Release | 2015-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0826355684 |
The Civil War in New Mexico began in 1861 with the Confederate invasion and occupation of the Mesilla Valley. At the same time, small villages and towns in New Mexico Territory faced raids from Navajos and Apaches. In response the commander of the Department of New Mexico Colonel Edward Canby and Governor Henry Connelly recruited what became the First and Second New Mexico Volunteer Infantry. In this book leading Civil War historian Jerry Thompson tells their story for the first time, along with the history of a third regiment of Mounted Infantry and several companies in a fourth regiment. Thompson’s focus is on the Confederate invasion of 1861–1862 and its effects, especially the bloody Battle of Valverde. The emphasis is on how the volunteer companies were raised; who led them; how they were organized, armed, and equipped; what they endured off the battlefield; how they adapted to military life; and their interactions with New Mexico citizens and various hostile Indian groups, including raiding by deserters and outlaws. Thompson draws on service records and numerous other archival sources that few earlier scholars have seen. His thorough accounting will be a gold mine for historians and genealogists, especially the appendix, which lists the names of all volunteers and militia men.
New Mexico Territory During the Civil War
Title | New Mexico Territory During the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Davies Wallen |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Fortification |
ISBN | 0826344798 |
These inspection reports, edited by award-winning Civil War historian Thompson, provide unique insight into the military, cultural, and social life of a territory struggling to maintain law and order during the early Civil War years.
The Civil War in New Mexico
Title | The Civil War in New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Stanley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | New Mexico |
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Civil War in the Southwest
Title | Civil War in the Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Thompson |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2001-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1585441317 |
In 1861 and 1862, in the vast deserts and rugged mountains of the Southwest, eighteen hundred miles from Washington and Richmond, the Civil War raged in a struggle that could have decided the fate of the nation. In the summer and fall of 1861, Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley raised a brigade of young and zealous Texans to invade New Mexico Territory as a step toward the conquest of Colorado and California and the creation of a Confederate empire in the Southwest. Of the Sibley Brigade's sixteen major battles during the war, their most excruciating experiences came during the ill-fated New Mexico Campaign. Civil War in the Southwest tells the dramatic story of that campaign in the words of some of the actual participants. Noted Civil War scholar Jerry Thompson has edited and annotated eighteen episodes written by William Lott "Old Bill" Davidson and six other members of Sibley's Brigade that were originally published in a small East Texas newspaper, the Overton Sharp Shooter, in 1887-88. Written "to set the record straight," these veterans' stories provide colorful accounts of the bloody battles of Valverde, Glorieta, and Peralta, as well as details of the soldiers' tragic and painful retreat back to Texas in the summer of 1862. With his extensive knowledge of Sibley's campaign, Thompson has provided context for the eyewitness accounts-and corrections where needed-to produce a campaign history that is intimate and passionate, yet accurate in the smallest detail. History readers will find much to ponder in these unique first-person recollections of a campaign that, had it succeeded, would have radically altered the history of the Southern Confederacy and the United States.
Battles for Gold and Glory
Title | Battles for Gold and Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Roberta Baxter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 2012-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781432786434 |
In early 1862, about 2,400 men fought in four battles in New Mexico Territory, which were critical to winning the War. Few know of these battles, but these skirmishes saved the gold and land of the southwest for the Union. Confederate troops from Texas fought with Federal soldiers and volunteers from New Mexico and Colorado for the right to control this part of the United States. Read about their struggles in their own words.