[PDF.73em] Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862

Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862

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 | #1789043 in Books |  University of New Mexico Press |  1999-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.89 x.52 x7.97l,.90 | File type: PDF | 199 pages

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||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Texas' Invasion of New Mexico|By Mark Longstroth|This is an excellent account of the early campaign in the Rio Grande Valley and the Confederacy's attempt to secure part of the Western Territories. Valverde was the first and largest battle of the campaign and a surprising southern victory allowed Sibley's Army of New Mexico to occupy most of the New Mexico Territory. Taylor ma| |"A lucid, gripping and authoritative new book."

A lucid, gripping and authoritative new book.

A fast-paced narrative of events that unfolded on 21 February 1862.

A masterful and detailed account of the Battle of Valverde . . .

When Jefferson Davis commissioned Henry H. Sibley a brigadier general in the Confederate army in the summer of 1861, he gave him a daring mission: to capture the gold fields of Colorado and California for the South. Their grand scheme, premised on crushing the Union forces in New Mexico and then moving unimpeded north and west, began to unravel along the sandy banks of the Rio Grande late in the winter of 1862. At Valverde ford, in a day-long battle between about 2,60...

You easily download any file type for your device.Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862   |  John Taylor. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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