Civil War In Texas And New Mexico Territory

Author : Steve Cottrell
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455602278

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CIVIL WAR IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO TERRITORY by Steve Cottrell Pdf

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.

Author : Steve Cottrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : New Mexico
ISBN : OCLC:1200284513

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Civil War in Texas and New Mexico Territory by Steve Cottrell Pdf

There are many stories from the Civil War; some of the ones that place in the West have been overlooked. Texas and New Mexico Territory (present-day New Mexico and Arizona) were the scene of fierce fights and courageous actions on both sides. This book presents stories of those skirmishes, strategies, and soldiers. Even though some Texans--such as the famous Sam Houston--opposed secession, Texas joined the Confederacy on March 2, 1861, and put tens of thousands of men into battle to support the South. Even as they fought off Federal forces, the Western soldiers had to defend their homes from Mexican bandits and Native American attacks.

Author : Don E. Alberts
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015047059806

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The Battle of Glorieta by Don E. Alberts Pdf

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.

Author : James Bailey Blackshear,Glen Sample Ely
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806177274

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Confederates and Comancheros by James Bailey Blackshear,Glen Sample Ely Pdf

A vast and desolate region, the Texas–New Mexico borderlands have long been an ideal setting for intrigue and illegal dealings—never more so than in the lawless early days of cattle trafficking and trade among the Plains tribes and Comancheros. This book takes us to the borderlands in the 1860s and 1870s for an in-depth look at Union-Confederate skullduggery amid the infamous Comanche-Comanchero trade in stolen Texas livestock. In 1862, the Confederates abandoned New Mexico Territory and Texas west of the Pecos River, fully expecting to return someday. Meanwhile, administered by Union troops under martial law, the region became a hotbed of Rebel exiles and spies, who gathered intelligence, disrupted federal supply lines, and plotted to retake the Southwest. Using a treasure trove of previously unexplored documents, authors James Bailey Blackshear and Glen Sample Ely trace the complicated network of relationships that drew both Texas cattlemen and Comancheros into these borderlands, revealing the urban elite who were heavily involved in both the legal and illegal transactions that fueled the region’s economy. Confederates and Comancheros deftly weaves a complex tale of Texan overreach and New Mexican resistance, explores cattle drives and cattle rustling, and details shady government contracts and bloody frontier justice. Peopled with Rebels and bluecoats, Comanches and Comancheros, Texas cattlemen and New Mexican merchants, opportunistic Indian agents and Anglo arms dealers, this book illustrates how central these contested borderlands were to the history of the American West.

Author : Francis Stanley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : New Mexico
ISBN : WISC:89073043564

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The Civil War in New Mexico by Francis Stanley Pdf

Author : Jerry D. Thompson
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826355683

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A Civil War History of the New Mexico Volunteers and Militia by Jerry D. Thompson Pdf

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.

Author : Dr. Walter Earl Pittman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614233299

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New Mexico and the Civil War by Dr. Walter Earl Pittman Pdf

Although 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 : Henry Davies Wallen,Andrew Wallace Evans
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fortification
ISBN : 9780826344793

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New Mexico Territory During the Civil War by Henry Davies Wallen,Andrew Wallace Evans Pdf

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.

Author : Mark Joseph Stegmaier
Publisher : Grover E. Murray Studies in th
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : OSU:32435082413634

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Texas, New Mexico, and the Compromise of 1850 by Mark Joseph Stegmaier Pdf

Originally published: Kent, Ohio: Kent State Press, c1996. With new pref.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : MINN:30000006077097

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Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jerry Thompson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1585441317

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Civil War in the Southwest by Jerry Thompson Pdf

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.

Author : John Philip Wilson
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0826322905

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When the Texans Came by John Philip Wilson Pdf

Newly-available records from the Civil War in the Southwest, drawn from both Union and Confederate sources, give a much-improved understanding of that period through the words of those who shaped and participated in events at that time.

Author : Benjamin Lundy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Slavery
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011736220

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The War in Texas by Benjamin Lundy Pdf

Author : Roberta Baxter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1432786431

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Battles for Gold and Glory by Roberta Baxter Pdf

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.

Author : Decloris Kay Curtis-Ward
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467840583

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Pioneer Settlers of New Mexico Territory by Decloris Kay Curtis-Ward Pdf

This work has been done so the next generations will know about their family history and how our True Pioneer Heritage made the United States the greatest country there is to live in.