Love this video. Absolutely love hearing the history about the battle. Very interesting 👍

@RooftopsofAmerica

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason!

My grandfather employed a former Civil War veteran. Out of Texas. Former mounted Infantry with a shotgun and pistols. Wounded at Glorieta Pass he never left NM. Obliged to utter an oath of allegiance to exit Federal Custody.. Minus a limb he herded goats as employment.

I live in Glorieta right in the thick of all this. Kudos to you for getting through all that in our thin air.

Had no idea that there were Civil War battles out west. Thanks for the great presentation and research. 😀

@RooftopsofAmerica

4 жыл бұрын

It was really cool to dig into that history and check out the site. Another place where I wish I would have had more time. Cheers!

Good edition! Thanks for the research you do... and for the time and effort you invest in presenting it. Growing up n Alabama, I've been around a *lot* of Civil War buffs but I've never heard any of them say much about the war in the west. In the words of "The History Guy", this is "history that deserves to be remembered."

@RooftopsofAmerica

4 жыл бұрын

The New Mexico campaign was pretty fascinating even if it was small scale compared to the battles and campaigns in the east. It really was unlike anything else in the war both in the nature and demands of the campaign and the type of environment it was fought in. One little interesting historical quirk is that the Battle of Valverde was the location of the last lancer charge in US history. (Confederate 5th Texas.)

Recently found out my great great grandfather fought in this battle. He was in the 5th NM Hispano volunteers. Look up the battle of Valverde as they all fought previously

@RooftopsofAmerica

4 жыл бұрын

That's very cool. The NM volunteers were critical in the way Glorieta Pass ended. There is a strong argument that they were the decisive unit at the decisive moment. I touch on the Battle of Valverde briefly, it sets the stage for the remainder of the campaign. I wish we would have had time to get down there to film on location. Cheers!

Very informative as always. I never heard of this area or the battle that took place here.

@RooftopsofAmerica

3 жыл бұрын

I first came across it years ago while driving up I25 and had originally thought of adding this to the upcoming New Mexico episode but it sort of took a life of its own.

I believe this is the battle that takes place in the movie, 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.'

@RooftopsofAmerica

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, though there is nary a bridge nor a river to be found. LOL. One of my all time favorite movies.

I only found out about this battle because apparently the battle scene between Union and Confederate soldiers in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is based off of Glorieta Pass

@RooftopsofAmerica

3 жыл бұрын

It is a weird amalgamation of events of the New Mexico campaign. There is a great Sibley cameo too as they role through the town.

Interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing what other side videos you come up with.

@RooftopsofAmerica

4 жыл бұрын

I've got a pretty good list I've compiled over the years! Thanks for watching!

Great vid as always

@RooftopsofAmerica

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Benji!

Oh no the old tactic, not protecting your supplies in a near barren wilderness your stuffed. Chivington right man right place, Kiwi history buff.

Sibley was a drunk and incompetent. His subordinates did most of the brain work while he sat in the hospital wagon nursing a hangover for the duration of the campaign. The only reason why he received approval from the confederate high command was because it cost them little to nothing, and so if it failed they would lose little to nothing. Even if Sibley won Glorieta Pass, he still would've had a massive fight at Ft. Union. He wasn't even fit to take Ft. Craig early in the campaign, and nearly suffered catastrophic defeat at Valverde Ford. By the time he reached Santa Fe, his army was already suffering greatly and in dire need of everything from food to water to medical care. Even if he succeeded at Ft. Union, by that time there would've been so many Federal reinforcements marching into the Denver area (not to mention the California column) that he most likely would've been beaten at Raton Pass. If not there, he would've had huge fights at Colorado Springs, and Denver City itself. Even if he managed to secure the gold fields in the Rockies, he would've been so far from home and so dogged by Federal forces that he wouldn't have been able to hold any of it long enough for it to have paid off anyways. Long story short, it was nothing more than a Confederate pipe dream dating back to before the days of the Texas Revolution. It was a campaign that literally made no effect on the rest of the Civil War. When Sibley ultimately failed, many of his subordinate officers went on to die in combat in Louisiana. Sibley couldn't even hold a position with the Egyptian army after the war due to his rampant alcoholism. He died in poverty and obscurity in Fredericksburg VA.