Distant Bugles, Distant Drums

by Whitlock, Flint

• ISBN13: 9780870818356
• ISBN10: 087081835X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado

Summary

This account, unique in its Union perspective, describes the recruitment of 1,000 men in Colorado, their epic march to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, and their triumph over 3,000 Confederate soldiers.

Author Biography

Military historian Flint Whitlock is the author of The Fighting First, Given Up for Dead, The Rock of Anzio, and Soldiers on Skis.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
List of Maps	xi
Foreword	xiii
Richard J. Sommers
Introduction	xvii
A Useful and Agreeable Addition	1	(16)
The Walking Whiskey Keg	17	(16)
I Have the Honor to Enclose My Resignation	33	(10)
I Considered Our Case Hopeless	43	(16)
Men Who Have Braved the Wilderness	59	(14)
Hurry Up If You Want a Fight	73	(10)
All the Panoply of Glorious War	83	(16)
Considerable Firing on Both Sides	99	(12)
The Men Are Brimfull of Fight	111	(14)
The Strife Was Terrific	125	(14)
A Scourge to Rebellious Spirits	139	(10)
The Birds of Liberty Betoken Victory	149	(16)
The God of Battles Is With Us	165	(22)
The Enemy Is Upon Us	187	(18)
My God! How Our Men Fought	205	(12)
They Hate Us Intensely	217	(12)
They Have Abandoned Everything	229	(14)
Epilogue: The Boasted Valor of Texans	243	(22)
Acknowledgments	265	(2)
Bibliography	267	(10)
Index	277