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Author: Martin Hardwick Hall
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 444
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHall provides a brief history of Sibley's New Mexico campaign but the real focus is on the individual units and the soldiers.
Author: Jerry D. Thompson
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 896
ISBN-13: 0826355684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Dr. Walter Earl Pittman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011-07-07
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 1614233292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the New Mexico Territory was far distant from the main theaters of war, it was engulfed in the same violence and bloodshed as the rest of the nation. The Civil War in New Mexico was fought in the deserts and mountains of the huge territory, which was mostly wilderness, amid the continuing ancient wars against the wild Indian tribes waged by both sides. The armies were small, but the stakes were high: control of the Southwest. Retired lieutenant colonel and Civil War historian Dr. Walter Earl Pittman presents this concise history of New Mexico during the Civil War years from the Confederate invasion of 1861 to the Battles of Valverde and Glorieta to the end of the war.
Author: Monroe Lee Billington
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 298
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuffalo soldiers were black soldiers who served in the U.S. Army. Approximately 4000 served in the New Mexico Territory.
Author: Don E. Alberts
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
Author: Francis Edward Rogan
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 1144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe military history of New Mexico territory during the Civil War is centered around three major problems. The first of these is the uncertainty which existed in 1860 in the minds of many of the senior officers as to their future course of action should their native states secede from the Union. The second problem, confronting the whole army, was the perennial Indian situation which was likely to flare up at any minute throughout the territory. The third problem, and most pressing during 1861-1862, was the Confederate invasion and occupation of a part of the territory which required military force to counter it. Added to these problems were the many normal military needs which had to be satisfied in a country which was incapable of supporting its own inhabitants. These problems, especially the first due to many officers resigning to fight for the Confederacy, caused major reorganization with in the Army as a whole and the Department of New Mexico specifically. Forces needed to solve the Indian problem where taken when the Confederacy invaded and occupied half the territory. Eventually not only were the Confederates defeated but the Native Americans as well.
Author: Henry Davies Wallen
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0826344798
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese 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.
Author: Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2013-02-15
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0826353029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough their total numbers in New Mexico were never large, blacks arrived with Spanish explorers and settlers and played active roles in the history of the territory and state. Here, Bruce Glasrud assembles the best information available on the themes, events, and personages of black New Mexico history. The contributors portray the blacks who accompanied Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado and de Vargas and recount their interactions with Native Americans in colonial New Mexico. Chapters on the territorial period examine black trappers and traders as well as review the issue of slavery in the territory and the blacks who accompanied Confederate troops and fought in the Union army during the Civil War in New Mexico. Eventually blacks worked on farms and ranches, in mines, and on railroads as well as in the military, seeking freedom and opportunity in New Mexico’s wide open spaces. A number of black towns were established in rural areas. Lacking political power because they represented such a small percentage of New Mexico’s population, blacks relied largely on their own resources and networks, particularly churches and schools.
Author: Ray John de Aragón
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2019-04-15
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 1439666644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEstablishing New Mexico as a U.S. territory was anything but bloodless. The Mexican-American War brought ferocious battles, brutal sieges, guerrilla warfare and scorched earth tactics. More than three hundred Mexican and American forces were killed or wounded in a single battle near Santa Fe. During the Taos Revolt, Governor Charles Bent was scalped and murdered in his home, and American forces fired cannons into a church where Pueblos and Mexicans sought refuge. Soldiers destroyed entire villages like Los Valles, killing or forcing residents to flee. Author Ray John de Aragón recounts these and other dramatic stories behind the birth of the Land of Enchantment.
Author: William E. Gibbs
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Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780963099716
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