The Three-Cornered War
The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4771154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Waite (Durham University, Durham, England, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 605-606 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jaab276 |
| OpenAlex | W4226227358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In July 1861 Col. John R. Baylor and his 250 rebel troops slipped across the border of west Texas into New Mexico, launching the first successful Confederate invasion of the Civil War. War in the far Southwest would rage for another half decade, as Confederates, Federals, and Native nations clashed in a series of battles that forever altered the balance of power across this vast swath of the American map. In a masterful and moving account, Megan Kate Nelson brings to life this “three-cornered war.” Nine central characters—some familiar, others almost unknown—propel the narrative, which continues well beyond April 1865, the traditional terminal point of most Civil War histories. It begins with the Confederate thrust into the Southwest in 1861 and 1862. Several months after Baylor's invasion, Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley arrived in New Mexico with roughly three thousand additional rebel troops. The newly formed Confederate Army of New Mexico
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |