Empire of Sand: The Struggle for the Southwest,1862 Tapa blanda - 2015

Buffalo Gap, Texas: State House Press, 2015. BY0 - A paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling and crease, light discoloration and shelf wear. Civil War Campaigns and Commanders Series. 9"x6", 140 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Empire of Sand is the story of the Southern attempt, in 1862, to open a path to California, thus securing a port on the Pacific Ocean. The port would enable them to gain access to the gold fields of Colorado and California and expand the practice of slavery into the Southwest. This quixotic undertaking was attempted by a few regiments of Texas cavalry, known as "the Army of the Southwest," commanded by the ambitious but ultimately incompetent Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley. Marching out of San Antonio and across the forbidding deserts of West Texas, the Sibley Brigade achieved initial success in winning a significant victory over the Union forces of Col. E. R. S. Canby at the battle of Valverde. They then traveled up the Rio… Leer más

State House Press, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

State House Press, October 2015. Paper Back. New.

Texas A&M University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 140 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.