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by Flint Whitlock

Author:

Flint Whitlock

ISBN13:

978-0870818356

ISBN:

087081835X

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English

Publisher:

Univ Pr of Colorado; 1 edition (May 1, 2006)

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History

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Americas

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1660 kb

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Distant Bugles, Distant Drums book. This book tells the stories of Union heroes such as Colorado governor William Gilpin and Colonels John Slough, John Chivington, Kit Carson, and Edward Canby, along with average soldiers.

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Distant Bugles, Distant Drums. The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico. Distant Bugles, Distant Drums takes a detailed look at the realities of military life and a key series of engagements on the lonely western frontier, a look that has been forgotten by time. Historians and Civil War buffs will find in Distant Bugles, Distant Drums a fresh perspective on the New Mexico campaign and how the battles in this remote section of the country, while small in scale, loomed large in the Union’s ultimate victory.

Distant Bugles, Distant Drums : The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico. brings the Civil War in the West to life.

Picked up in New Mexico recently, this is the best book I’ve come across about the 1862 Confederate invasion of New Mexico and Arizona. The driving parties were Confederate Brigadier General Henry Sibley; Union Colonel Edward Canby; and Colorado Territorial Governor William Gilpin.

On July 5, 1861, Major Henry Hopkins Sibley, inventor of a new tent and field stove for the . Army, arrived in Richmond, V. to offer his services to Confederate President Jefferson Davis-and to make an ambitious proposal. Whitlock’s sympathies may be founded on the Union side, and particularly with the Coloradan volunteers who played a critical role in the campaign’s outcome, but he feels equally compelled to admire the courage and stamina of the Texans who did their best to carry out Sibley’s designs, very much in spite of their commander’s erratic leadership.

Distant Bugles, Distant Drums details the battles of 1,000 Coloradans against 3,000 Confederate soldiers in New .

Distant Bugles, Distant Drums details the battles of 1,000 Coloradans against 3,000 Confederate soldiers in New Mexico and offers vivid portraits of the leaders and soldiers involved - men whose strengths and flaws would shape the fate of the nation.

Personal Name: Whitlock, Flint. Publication, Distribution, et. Boulder. University Press of Colorado, (c)2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index. Rubrics: New Mexico Campaign, 1862. Download now Distant bugles, distant drums : the Union response to the Confederate invasion of New Mexico Flint Whitlock. Download PDF book format. Download DOC book format.

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Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico. The rumour had spread through Toronto that Jefferson Davis, President of the late Confederate States of America, would be among the passengers. Gettysburg, Day Three. The papers had closely followed Davis’s release from prison a few days earlier and his journey by train through Washington to New York and from there Montreal, where his family had lived for the past two years.

Whitlock, Flint, Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico, University Press of Colorado, 2006,. Military biography of Henry Hopkins Sibley.

This account, unique in its Union perspective, describes the recruitment of 1,000 men in Colorado, their epic march to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, and their triumph over 3,000 Confederate soldiers.

Andromajurus

I purchased this book in hopes that it would be a Union centric addition to my collection about the American Civil War in the Southwest. I was not disapointed.

It opens with a summary of the Mexican-American war that was in many ways a setup for the difficulties of the Southwest. Including the notable desire from the Texan's to implore their own Manifest Destiny all the way to the Pacific. The tale winds down to an end as tne Confederate's retreat back to Texas, and does not belabor the actions against the American Indians that were the remainder of the war for the New Mexico Territory's defenders.

The book does not include the muster rolls of the Federal Army, but does have a nice array of pictures, and quotes from individuals diary's and reports. I felt that the author ended the work in a superb fashion by discussing the "future" of each Fort and notable personality from the conflict. This work ends up as an invaluable summary of those people and places that are often not covered as concisely elsewhere.

This book also covers not just the needs of the historian, but also is useful for the historical reenactor portraying one of the Union Units on the conflict. It is even a good referance for a tabletop wargamer putting together a federal unit from the conflict - this work will give you a better feel of what you are working on.

Golkis

I used the book extensively during a field study of the Battle of Glorieta Pass. It was extremely well written and extensive works cited allowed for follow-up study using primary sources. Even when conflicting accounts are given the author presents the facts in a manner that allows the reader to research and make up their own mind about what happened. Over all, the book is an excellent study of one of a little known but pivotal campaign during the American Civil War.

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Eyalanev

It is frequently the case that accurate historical accounts and lively writing style are not to ne found in the same work. This is decididly not the case in Flint Whitlock's "Distant Bugles, Distant Drums." Whitlock has written a meticulously documented and entertaining account of a battle that has been described as "the Gettysburg of the West."
In 1862, a Confederate Army from Texas led by an alcoholic West Point graduate and inventor of note, Henry Hopkins Sibley, invaded New Mexico with an audacious plan to seize the Colorado gold fields and ultimately sever the western United States from the Union. His designs were thwarted by a larger-than-life Methodist preacher turned warrior named John Chivington. A combination of audacity and skill allowed Chivington to mount a successful rear guard attack against the Texan's supply train. Thus deprived of the essential stock of battle, the Confederates were forced to retreat ignominiously back to the Lone Star state.
Whitlock's account of the Battle of Glorieta pass makes extensive use of maps, photographs and diary entries from soldiers on both sides of the battle lines and includes lively, and occasionally amusing descriptions of battlefield action. The description of the "exploding mules" is laugh-out-loud funny.
I particularly enjoyed the post-battle follow-up on the fates of the major actors in this largely unknown Civil War encounter. Additionally, for those historians looking for opportunites to visit the sites associated with the Battle of Glorieta, Whitlock provides updated descriptions of all the different forts and locations that played a role in the "Gettysburg of the West." This is one terrific read.

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