"The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona 1861-1862" by Robert Lee Kerby from my personal research library. Hardcover with protected dust jacket. 159 pages with illustrations, maps, chapter notes, appendices, bibliography and index. Second Printing, fine. $20 plus $2.50 postage. Paypal, USPS money order or personal check. Shipping to CONUS.
In the prolonged and bloody struggle which characterized the American Civil War, few people are conscious of the fact that one phase of the immense and desparate conflict was fought to a decisive finish amid the mountains and deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. Had the Confederacy succeeded in its bold plan to take and hold these strategic areas, victory might well have been within its grasp.
California, with its untold riches in gold, and its precious seaports, was the immediate prize of Sibley's invasion of the West. With Arizona and New Mexico already in Sibley's hand, with the northern Mexican provinces teetering toward capitulation, the objectives which would have changed the entire aspect of the great struggle came perilously close to realization. The story of how this war within a war was battled out to decisive finish forms the substance of this first book-length study of the Civil War as fought in the West.
Included in this valuable and important book is a roster of regiments, companies and officers participating in every battle and skirmish of this farthest western campaign, including battle statistics.
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In the prolonged and bloody struggle which characterized the American Civil War, few people are conscious of the fact that one phase of the immense and desparate conflict was fought to a decisive finish amid the mountains and deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. Had the Confederacy succeeded in its bold plan to take and hold these strategic areas, victory might well have been within its grasp.
California, with its untold riches in gold, and its precious seaports, was the immediate prize of Sibley's invasion of the West. With Arizona and New Mexico already in Sibley's hand, with the northern Mexican provinces teetering toward capitulation, the objectives which would have changed the entire aspect of the great struggle came perilously close to realization. The story of how this war within a war was battled out to decisive finish forms the substance of this first book-length study of the Civil War as fought in the West.
Included in this valuable and important book is a roster of regiments, companies and officers participating in every battle and skirmish of this farthest western campaign, including battle statistics.
Thanks for looking...
