The Civil War in the Southwest: Sibley’s Arrival, The Battle at Valverde, & The Confederate’s Hollow Victory

This is the 6th episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest.

In this episode, The Confederates march on Fort Craig before the first major engagement in New Mexico during the Civil War occurs: The Battle of Valverde. I go over in detail the exciting and heart rending Confederate victory on the Rio Grande. The last lancer charge in the Western Hemisphere, the maneuvers of battle, & the heroic taking of the Valverde Battery are all discussed.

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The View South from Fort Craig. The Rebels Approached from this Angle.

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The Ruins of Fort Craig near the Rio Grande

The View of Mesa de la Contadera.

The View of Mesa de la Contadera from Fort Craig.

The View of Mesa de la Contadera from Fort Craig.

The Ruins of Fort Craig and the San Mateo Mountains.

The Battlefield of Valverde & The Mesa de la Contadera.

The Battlefield of Valverde & The Mesa de la Contadera.

The Battlefield of Valverde & The Mesa de la Contadera.

The Battlefield of Valverde & The Mesa de la Contadera.

The Battlefield of Valverde & The Mesa de la Contadera.

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Selected Sources:
Blood and Treasure: Confederate Empire in the Southwest by Donald Frazier
Jefferson Davis, Napoleon France, and the Nature of Confederate Ideology by Jeffrey Zvengrowski
Texan Santa Fe Expedition By H. Bailey Carroll
The Skirmish at Mesilla, Arizona and the West, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Winter, 1959), by Martin Hardwick Hall
The Three Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
The Civil War in New Mexico by Father Stanley
The First Filibusters, Americans in the Yucatan by Hans Von Stockhausen
The United States Army Camel Corps 1856-66 By John Shapard
The Apache Wars by Paul Andrew Hutton
Rebels on the Rio Grande, The Civil War Journal of AB Peticoles by Don E Alberts
Mangas Coloradas by Edwin R Sweeney
The Civil War in the Western Territories by Ray C Colton
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis
The Battle of Glorieta Pass by Thomas S Edrington and John Taylor
The War of 1812: Stoking the Fires. Summer 2012, Vol. 44, No. 2 Impressment of Seaman Charles Davis by the U.S. Navy By John P. Deeben
Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition by George Wilkins Kendall
Building a State in Apache Land by Charles D. Poston
Mule Bombs at Valverde By Dr. Conrad Crane, U. S. Army Military History Institute, February 9, 2009
Darryl Cooper’s Martyrmade: The Peculiar Institution, Part 14
The Age of Jackson Podcast: 091 Jefferson Davis and the Pro-Bonaparte Democrats with Jeffrey Zvengrowski