Recommended Reading
(for Visitors or Members to learn more about the Civil War in New Mexico)
1. Best Books on Battle of Glorieta Pass. Written by local historians Don Alberts and John Taylor
Alberts, Don, The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West (1998) (Texas A&M Press)
ISBN 1-58544-100-7
Taylor, John & Edrington, Thomas S., The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862 (1998) (University of New Mexico Press) ISBN 0-8263-2287-5
2. Best Book on overall Texan campaign and objectives of invasion of New Mexico
Frazier, Donald S., Blood and Treasure: Confederate Empire in the Southwest (1995) (Texas A&M Press) ISBN 0-89096-732-6
3. Good General Source Books on Civil War in New Mexico
Alberts, Don, Rebels on the Rio Grande: The Civil War Journal of A.B. Peticolas (1993) (Merit Press), ISBN 0-963915-0-3
Carroll, Charles & Sebastian, Lynne (editors), Fort Craig-The United States Fort on the Camino Real (2000) USDI, Bureau of Land Management, BLM-NM-GI-00-005-1050
Hall, Martin Hardwick, The Confederate Army of New Mexico (1978) (Presidial Press, Austin, TX)
Hall, Martin Hardwick, SibleyÕs New Mexico Campaign, (forward by Jerry Thompson) (first published 1960 by University of Texas Press) (First University of New Mexico Press, edition 2000) ISBN 0-8263-2277-8
Healey, Donald W., The Road to Glorieta-A Confederate Army Marches Through New Mexico (2003) Heritage Books ISBN 0-7884-2378-9
Horn and Wallace, (editors), Confederate Victories in the Southwest (1961) Horn & Wallace Publishers, Albuquerque, NM
Kerby, Robert Lee, The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico (1958) (Westernlore Press) ISBN 0-87026-055-3
Taylor, John, Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grand, February 21, 1862 (1995) (University of New Mexico Press) ISBN 0-8263-1632-8
Thompson, Jerry (Editor), Civil War in the Southwest: Recollections of the Sibley Brigade (2001) (Texas A&M Press) ISBN 1-58544-131-7
Whitford, William C., The Battle of Glorieta Pass: the Colorado Volunteers in the Civil War, March 26, 27, 28, 1862 (1971) (Rio Grande Press) ISBN 0-87380-171-7
4. Other General Books focused on Civil War in the Southwest
Colton, Ray C., The Civil War in the Western Territories, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah (1959) (University of Oklahoma Press) ISBN-0-8061-1902-0
Cottrell, Steve, Civil War in Texas and New Mexico Territory, (1998) (Pelican Publishing Co.) ISBN 1-56554-253-3
Finch, L. Boyd, Confederate Pathway to the Pacific-Major Sherod Hunter and Arizona Territory, C.S.A. (1996) (The Arizona Historical Society, Tucson) ISBN 0-910037-36-1
Josephy, Alvin M., Jr., The Civil War in the American West (1991) (Vintage Books, a division of Random House) ISBN 0-679-74003-1
Wilson, John P., When the Texans Came-Missing Records From the Civil War in the Southwest, 1861-1862 (2001) (University of New Mexico Press) ISBN 0-8263-2290-5
5. Two Great Fiction Novels Written by our Vice President and reknowned historical fiction writer, P.G. Nagle
Nagle, P.G., Glorieta Pass (1999) (A Forge Book Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC) ISBN-0-812-54049-2
Nagle, P.G., The Guns of Valverde (2000) (A Forge Book Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC) ISBN-0-812-58029-X
6. Magazines/Brochures
1. Blue & Gray Magazine, ÒThe New Mexico Campaign, 1862Ó (June 1994)
2. Confederate Veteran, Jan./Feb. 2009 Ed. (Dedication of Texas Vista)
3. Brochure: ÒCivil War in New Mexico, 1861-1862Ó (Northeast New Mexico Regional Board, go to website at www.NEnewmexico.com/civilwar
7. Film
1. "The Man Who Lost the Civil War," written and produced by Rick Creese (2002) (by Man Who Lost Corp.) Ð available at NPS Ð Pecos Monument
2. The History Channel, ÒThe Invasion of New MexicoÓ
3. Wild West Tech Ð "The Civil War in the West"
8. Paintings
1. Justus, Wayne "Battle of Glorieta" go to website -- click here