Download or read book A Campaign from Santa Fe to the Mississippi written by Theo Noel and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A limited-edition reprint of the rarest and most-quoted contemporary book on the Confederate side of the Civil War in the Far West. Noel was with the Sibley Brigade, toughest Confederate unit that fought entirely west of the Mississippi: in New Mexico, at Galveston and in the Red River battles in Louisiana. Few fighting outfits of North and South rode as far or fought in such diverse areas as did the Sibley Brigade: from the deserts of New Mexico to the bayous of Louisiana. Published in 1865, this unofficial and human account has been called "one of the rarest and most fascinating of Confederate books." Major battles in New Mexico included those at Valverde and Glorieta. Battles in Louisiana included Bisland, Franklin, Lafourche, Fordcohe, Bourbeau, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and Yellow Bayou. Sibley's troops also took part in the battle of Galveston, Texas. The Sibley Brigade as organized at San Antonio in 1861. It rode west to fight in every major battle in New Mexico. The editors discuss Sibley's where it regrouped and took part in the victory at Galveston. In 1863, Sibley's men marched to Louisiana to play a major role in the battles of the Red River campaign. Late in 1864 the Brigade returned to Texas. --