Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico
By (author): "Flint Whitlock"
Publish Date:
May 2006
ISBN087081835X
ISBN139780870818356
AsinDistant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico
Original titleDistant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico
Looks at the epic march of 1,000 men recruited from Colorado's towns, farms, and mining camps to fight 3,000 Confederate soldiers in New Mexico. 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.