New Mexico Territory During the Civil War
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 a 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 historl War years.ian Thompson, provide unique insight into the military, cultural, and social life of a territory struggling to maintain law and order.Of the 22 men present, 19 appeared under arms and on foot, at inspection, under the 2nd Lieutenant (Henderson). ... The men were exercised on foot, in the manual of arms, which was nearly that of the infantry, and more properly that of theanbsp;...
| Title | : | New Mexico Territory During the Civil War |
| Author | : | Henry Davies Wallen, Andrew Wallace Evans, Jerry D. Thompson |
| Publisher | : | UNM Press - 2008 |
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