Colorado Volunteers in New Mexico 1862

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1962 The Lakeside Classics Christmas Publication. " theatre much less well known -the Southwest. . history of the 1st Regiment of Colorado Volunteers, by Ovando J. Hollister. . Hollister's eyewitness account of the New Mexico campaign of 1861 and 1862, which stopped the drive of the Confederates to penetrate California and to block the sizable flow of California gold so helpful to the Northern cause. Victory that might have given the South control of the Southwest and of California would hardly have played a decisive part in the outcome of the War -unless it could eventually be accompanied by victory in the theatres east of the Mississippi." Included is a Historical Introduction by Richard Harwell, an appendix, and an index. xxxiv + 413 pages Very Nice Copy - Near Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board with a gilt top edge to the text block.

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