Had Henry Hopkins Sibley and his troops succeeded in taking New Mexico, author Jerry Thompson argues, the entire history of the Southern Confederacy might have been radically altered. In Confederate General of the West, Thompson portrays the life and career of a soldier whose character flaws and leadership weaknesses stood in stark contrast to his sometime military successes and mechanical ingenuity. Civil War scholars, students, and enthusiasts will welcome this new paperback edition of Sibley's biography. As the Utah Historical Quarterly noted after the book first appeared in 1987, Jerry...
Had Henry Hopkins Sibley and his troops succeeded in taking New Mexico, author Jerry Thompson argues, the entire history of the Southern Confederacy m...
