Product ReviewsDistant Bugles, Distant Drums : The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico by Flint Whitlock (2008, Perfect)

Distant Bugles, Distant Drums -- the Civil War in New Mexico,

An excellent narrative of the Civil War in the far West. I believe that the Battle of Glorieta Pass, very well described in this work, is one of the most important battles fought in the Civil War. Western mineral wealth paid the Union war bills and had the Confederacy been victorious in New Mexico, they might well have wound up with the Southwest without serious struggle.Read full review...