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New Mexico Campaign and Chickamauga Reading Rec's

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1sergerca
Aug 16, 2009, 10:19 pm

Looking for the definitive books on the New Mexico Campaign and the battle of Chickamauga. These two events really stuck out to me when reading Foote.

Does Peter Cozzens do the job in This Terrible Sound or is there a better book on Chickamauga?

I have no idea where to look for the NM campaign.

Thanks for the help!

2Donogh
Aug 17, 2009, 5:41 am

Cozzens is a good place to start
I'd also recommend Six Armies in Tennessee for the wider campaign

As for New Mexico:
Sibley's New Mexico Campaign is the only book on the campaign I'm aware of
There are other books out there on the battles, but
Valverde is worth a look

3surly
Aug 17, 2009, 8:43 am

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4surly
Edited: Feb 9, 2014, 10:09 am

On the Civil War in the West: The Civil War in the American West by Alvin M. Josephy and The Civil War in the Western Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah by Ray C. Colton

On the New Mexico campaign: The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona, 1861-1862 by Robert Lee Kerby and Blood & Treasure : Confederate Empire in the Southwest by Donald S. Frazier

Battles: Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862 by Johm Taylor, Glory, glory, Glorieta : the Gettysburg of the West by Robert Scott, The Battle of Glorieta : Union victory in the West by Don E. Alberts and The battle of Glorieta Pass : a Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862 by Thomas S. Edrington.

I am sure Ammianus, for which this topic is a special interest, will have more suggestions.

5sergerca
Aug 18, 2009, 9:12 am

Thanks for the suggestions!

6Donogh
Aug 18, 2009, 9:40 am

I second that - thanks Surly
Also, try looking in Ammianus' library under trans-Mississippi http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Ammianus&tag=Trans-Mississippi

7Ammianus
Aug 19, 2009, 7:55 pm

RE New Mexico, I think I've said it all on this thread sergerca:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/57570

8Ammianus
Aug 19, 2009, 7:59 pm

RE Chickamauga, I concur with Donogh on Cozzens & SIX Armies...see also in my collection under the TAG: Army of Tennessee for further reading. Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMPs are great places to visit (I had a number of relatives in the AoT).

9sergerca
Aug 29, 2009, 11:09 am

Thanks everyone. I'll check them out.