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- catalog abstract "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 2,600 Texan Confederates and some 3,800 Union troops stationed at Fort Craig, the Confederates barely prevailed. However, the cost exacted in men and materiel doomed them as they moved into northern New Mexico. Carefully reconstructed in this book is the first full account of what happened on both sides of the line before, during, and after the battle. On the Confederate side, a drunken Sibley turned over command to Colonel Tom Green early in the afternoon. Battlefield maneuvers included a disastrous lancer charge by cavalry - the only one during the entire Civil War. The Union army, under the cautious Colonel Edward R.S. Canby, fielded a superior number of troops, the majority of whom were Hispanic New Mexican volunteers.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b8261584.
- catalog coverage "New Mexico History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "At Valverde ford, in a day-long battle between about 2,600 Texan Confederates and some 3,800 Union troops stationed at Fort Craig, the Confederates barely prevailed. However, the cost exacted in men and materiel doomed them as they moved into northern New Mexico.".
- catalog description "Canby, fielded a superior number of troops, the majority of whom were Hispanic New Mexican volunteers.".
- catalog description "Carefully reconstructed in this book is the first full account of what happened on both sides of the line before, during, and after the battle. On the Confederate side, a drunken Sibley turned over command to Colonel Tom Green early in the afternoon. Battlefield maneuvers included a disastrous lancer charge by cavalry - the only one during the entire Civil War. The Union army, under the cautious Colonel Edward R.S.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Origins -- Prelude to a fight -- Opening gambits -- The battle is joined -- Apparent victory -- Change of command -- The tide turns -- The field is lost -- Pyrrhic victory -- Retrospective.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xii, 185 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bloody Valverde.".
- catalog identifier "0826316328".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bloody Valverde.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Bloody Valverde.".
- catalog spatial "New Mexico History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog subject "973.7/31 20".
- catalog subject "E473.4 .T38 1995".
- catalog subject "Valverde, Battle of, Val Verde, N.M., 1862.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Origins -- Prelude to a fight -- Opening gambits -- The battle is joined -- Apparent victory -- Change of command -- The tide turns -- The field is lost -- Pyrrhic victory -- Retrospective.".
- catalog title "Bloody Valverde : a Civil War battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862 / John Taylor.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".