Posts Tagged ‘California Column’

Introducing: James Carleton

James Henry Carleton produced more primary document material than the other eight protagonists in The Three-Cornered War combined.  As commander of the 1st California from 1861-2, and then the Department of New Mexico from 1862-67, Carleton wrote copious letters and reports to his superiors and his subordinates. His words were reprinted and . . .

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Lighting out for the Territories

Why do so few historians talk about the American Civil War in the West? And by “the West” I don’t mean the trans-Mississippi. I mean the vast stretches of high desert and the extensive mountain ranges west of the 100th meridian, where elevation and aridity make everything a bit more difficult: breathing, . . .

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