Sibley's New Mexico CampaignNow available only from the UNM Press, this long out-of-print and hard-to-find classic tells the story of the Texas invasion of New Mexico during the American Civil War. In early 1862, Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley marched thirty-four hundred coarse Texas farmboys, cowhands, and frontiersmen into New Mexico and up the Rio Grande Valley. Although seriously bloodied, they repulsed Union troops at the Battle of Valverde. As the poorly supplied Texans pushed northward, New Mexicans stripped the land bare of food, fodder, and livestock. East of Santa Fe at Glorieta, Union volunteers defeated Sibley's Confederates and burned their quartermaster trains, and the starving Texans retreated back down the Rio Grande to El Paso. For the UNM Press edition, Civil War historian Jerry Thompson has corrected the few factual errors in the original edition and has added a new map.--jacket. |
Contents
The Sibley Brigade Marches to New Mexico | 21 |
General Canby Prepares To Meet the Confederate Threat | 43 |
The Battle of Valverde | 59 |
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Adjutant Albuquerque Arizona army arrived artillery battery battle Baylor Bliss brigade Bugler California camp Canby Canby's Captain captured Casualties cavalry Charles Chivington column command Confederacy Confederate Craig Davis dispatched encamped enemy Federals Fifth Regiment fire force Fort Bliss Fort Craig Fort Fillmore Fort Union Fourth Corporal Fourth Regiment Fourth Sergeant George governor Green guns Henry horses howitzers Hunter's company Ibid Illegible Indians infantry James John Joseph killed at Glorieta killed at Valverde Major March Mesilla Valley Mexico miles military mortally wounded mountains Muster Roll native officers ordered Paso Peralta Pyron quartermaster Raguet Reily Río Río Grande river road Robert Samuel San Antonio Santa Fé Scurry Scurry's Second Corporal Second Lieutenant Second Regiment Second Sergeant Sibley Sibley's skirmish slightly wounded Slough Socorro soldiers Southern supplies territory Texans Texas Third Corporal Third Sergeant Thomas transferred to Hunter's troops Union wagons William H wounded at Glorieta wounded at Valverde