New Mexico Territory During the Civil War
Wallen and Evans Inspection Reports, 1862-1863
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2008
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-4479-3 (ISBN)
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-4479-3 (ISBN)
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Features inspection reports that provide insight into the military, cultural, and social life of the New Mexico Territory struggling to maintain law and order.
In the summer of 1862 the Civil War was going badly for the North. The distant New Mexico Territory, however, presented a different situation. After an invading army of zealous Texas Confederates won the field at Valverde near Fort Craig, Colorado Volunteers fell on the Rebels at Glorieta Pass and crushed Confederate dreams of conquering New Mexico and the Far West. The Texans, hungry and disheartened, retreated, leaving uncertainty and social unrest in their wake.By the late summer of 1862, Gen. James Henry Carleton arrived from California, determined to impose federal control on the territory. Major Henry Davies Wallen and Captain Andrew Wallace Evans were appointed inspector general and assistant inspector general, respectively. Fearing a second Confederate invasion, Carleton had Wallen and Evans examine various routes the Rebels might use to invade the territory as well as variety of logistical and operational issues. Tellingly, their reports repeatedly mention troop drunkenness and poor relations with the locals as primary problems. 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.
In the summer of 1862 the Civil War was going badly for the North. The distant New Mexico Territory, however, presented a different situation. After an invading army of zealous Texas Confederates won the field at Valverde near Fort Craig, Colorado Volunteers fell on the Rebels at Glorieta Pass and crushed Confederate dreams of conquering New Mexico and the Far West. The Texans, hungry and disheartened, retreated, leaving uncertainty and social unrest in their wake.By the late summer of 1862, Gen. James Henry Carleton arrived from California, determined to impose federal control on the territory. Major Henry Davies Wallen and Captain Andrew Wallace Evans were appointed inspector general and assistant inspector general, respectively. Fearing a second Confederate invasion, Carleton had Wallen and Evans examine various routes the Rebels might use to invade the territory as well as variety of logistical and operational issues. Tellingly, their reports repeatedly mention troop drunkenness and poor relations with the locals as primary problems. 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.
Jerry D. Thompson is Regents Professor of history at Texas A&M International University. He is the author or editor of over twenty books and recipient of numerous awards. Recent books include Civil War and Revolution on the Rio Grande Frontier: A Narrative and Photographic History and Civil War to the Bloody End: The Life and Times of Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.2008 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Jerry Don Thompson |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 halftones, 7 maps |
| Verlagsort | Albuquerque, NM |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8263-4479-8 / 0826344798 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8263-4479-3 / 9780826344793 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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