One Blanket and Ten Days Rations: 1st Infantry New Mexico Volunteers in Arizona 1864-1866

Description

Authors: Meketa, Charles ( 1923-2007) and Meketa, Jacqueline (1927-1999)

Publisher: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association

Pub Date: 1980

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Christmas gift inscription on upper ffep, otherwise no markings.  Light edge and corner wear.

Notes: During the Civil War, the First New Mexico Volunteers helped to defeat the Confederate forces at the Battle of Glorietta Pass.  After the battle, the force was disbanded, but later reconstituted when Brigadier General James Carleton realized he didn’t have enough force to control southern Arizona, particularly fighting the Apache.  Two companies of New Mexico volunteers were sent to southern Arizona, to Fort Bowie and Fort Goodwin.  Company rosters, deaths, disabilities, desertions.