SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourth)
In which we wrap-up our discussion of Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by looking at the Battle of Glorieta Pass (March 28, 1862).
Our book recommendations for this episode are…
The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862 by Thomas S. Edrington and John Taylor.
Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by Martin Hardwick Hall.
Listen to Episode 99: NewMexicoPartFourth
SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Third)
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| John Potts Slough (1829-1867) |
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| Gabriel Rene Paul (1813-1886) |
In which we continue our discussion of Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by looking at the Confederates’ capture of Albuquerque & Santa Fe, the epic march of the First Colorado to Fort Union, and the engagement at Apache Pass (March 26, 1862).
Our book recommendations for this episode are
The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West by Don E. Alberts.
Blue & Gray magazine, June 1994
Listen to Episode 98: NewMexicoPartThird
SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Second)
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| Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886) |
In which we continue our look at Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by discussing the Battle of Valverde (February 21, 1862).
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| Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (1817-1873) |
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| Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson (1809-1868) |
Our book recommendation for this episode is Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862 by John Taylor.
America’s Civil War Magazine, January 2013
Listen to Episode 97: NewMexicoPartSecond
SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the First)
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| David Emmanuel Twiggs (1790-1862) |
In which we set the stage for Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by discussing Texas’s secession from the Union in February, 1861 and looking at “Baylor’s Buffalo Hunt” (May-July, 1861).
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| John Robert Baylor (1822-1894) |
Our book recommendation for this episode is The Civil War in the American West by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
“Marvelous, original… that great, adventurous, little-known side of the Civil War is all here for the first time: the clash of North and South set in the immense space of the West and peopled with some of the most vivid characters of that vivid time.” ~ David McCullough
Listen to Episode 96: NewMexicoPartFirst