num_pages: 293
description: Looks at the epic march of 1,000 men recruited from Colorado's towns, farms, and mining camps to fight 3,000 Confederate soldiers in New Mexico. This book tells the stories of Union heroes such as Colorado governor William Gilpin and Colonels John Slough, John Chivington, Kit Carson, and Edward Canby, along with average soldiers.
language: English
title: Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico
publisher: University Press of Colorado