New Mexico Territory During the Civil War : Wallen and Evans Inspection Reports, 1862-1863

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. Contents......Page 6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 PART I: Maj. Henry Davies Wallen's Inspection of the Department of New Mexico, 1862–1863......Page 46 CHAPTER ONE: Fort Garland, Colorado......Page 48 CHAPTER TWO: Fort Marcy, New Mexico......Page 60 CHAPTER THREE: Fort Union, New Mexico......Page 72 CHAPTER FOUR: Post at Mesilla, New Mexico......Page 92 CHAPTER FIVE: Post at Franklin, Texas......Page 102 CHAPTER SIX: Fort Craig, New Mexico......Page 106 CHAPTER EIGHT: Post at Albuquerque, New Mexico......Page 126 CHAPTER NINE: Fort Sumner and Fort Union, New Mexico......Page 132 PART II: Capt. Andrew Wallace Evans's Inspection of the Department of New Mexico, 1863......Page 142 CHAPTER TEN: Fort McRae, Ojo del Muerto......Page 144 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Post at Franklin, Texas......Page 152 CHAPTER TWELVE: Fort West, New Mexico......Page 160 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Fort Stanton, New Mexico......Page 174 EPILOGUE......Page 190 NOTES......Page 196 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 278 B......Page 301 C......Page 302 D......Page 303 F......Page 304 H......Page 306 M......Page 307 N......Page 308 R......Page 309 S......Page 310 U......Page 311 W......Page 312 Z......Page 313 New Mexico Territory During the Civil War: Wallen and Evans Inspection Reports, 1862–1863 КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: University of New Mexico PressАвтор(ы): Jerry D. ThompsonЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2008Количество страниц: 313ISBN: 978-0-8263-4479-3Формат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 2,3 mb RAPIDили IFOLDER 0 Presents the inspection reports by New Mexico's inspector general and his assistant, written after the Union army arrived in 1862 to impose federal control on the territory after the defeat of the attempted Confederate invasion, and intended to assess the readiness of New Mexico to withstand another attack. Features inspection reports that provide insight into the military, cultural, and social life of the New Mexico Territory struggling to maintain law and order.