Winner of the 2016 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History from the the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table
Winner of the 2016 Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico
The Civil War in New Mexico began in 1861 with the Confederate invasion and occupation of the Mesilla Valley. At the same time, small villages and towns in New Mexico Territory faced raids from Navajos and Apaches. In response the commander of the Department of New Mexico Colonel Edward Canby and Governor Henry Connelly recruited what became the First and...
Winner of the 2016 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History from the the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table
Riding the rough and sometimes bloody peaks and canyons of border politics, Santos Benavides s rise to prominence was largely the result of the careful mentoring of his well-known uncle, Basilio Benavides, who served several terms as alcalde of Laredo, Texas, and Chief Justice of Webb County. When the Civil War erupted in 1861, Basilio was one of only two Tejanos in the state legislature. During Santos s lifetime, five flags flew over the small community he called home that of the Republic of Mexico, the ill-fated Republic of the Rio Grande, the Republic of Texas, an expansionist United...
Riding the rough and sometimes bloody peaks and canyons of border politics, Santos Benavides s rise to prominence was largely the result of the carefu...
