Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-10-27
Tt.NAS lAN AnlON.
Times that Tried meas souls In New
MeHt~s.


The Texas Invasion and how |, Was re-
pulsed General sibley conceived the
project ~ setting up western headqusr-
teru of III. CCufd.racy AT Denver. The
plan hail JEFF Davis approval. sibley's
fore. war the very bes, tia, could be re-
erui,.d in Texas, and amer the state had
been practically drained, For the most
part his men were very young. They
were splendiily mounted aud we'll equip
p~l ehc-pt for firearms. All the best
rifles hRd been diverted into another
ehAunel. There was a six-shooter or o
pair Ia each Iaan. In many instances
they were without other than these side
arms. Scores of them carried squirrel
rih"s aud sho; suHs.
Before the war Sihlry had been a acc
and li-utenau, al Fort Marcy. adjacent
~ Santa ~. lie knew New Msaico nks
a book |, waA his rehams Of campaign
net in that territory. He nrst ssaountsr-
oi res,stsrc. At Fort Craig. The victory
was an easy due. Canhy had his artil-
l-ry too far hom rs support. siSlsy
captured the guns anil turned them on
the Union forces sibley knew that re-
| treat mus, br ,n p"ralto and he defeated
| Candy ~ tho race :" thR' place. Candy,
On getting reports from scHu,r, he~ TO-
wArd Marry. There h- found S,blry -n-
| tr.uch"d
Lieutenant. Colonel SIeig.lberg WAS Q
prisoner of Sibry's, Sp"igrlbrrg was
Santa y. business man. and hal q large
stock ~ go"ds and a hank there. He
and sblry had been intimate friends be-
fore the war The officer in whose charge
thr liru,sna nt-c"lun-l nsppentsi To be Was
a mSn unworthy any uniform. At tho
point Il the pistol hs forced Sp-iglebsig 6
a. deed Ia him the merchsndise aud
bank in the old city II was the ras-
cars intent Ia return to Santa F- aud
step into an immense fortune, bpalgle-
Ter had in his pockets some gold.
With this he .brib-,i guard Ia carry .
note 10 sibl.y, Consolidation Of the deed
and protection II the pOpersy wsr- re-
qu-sted, In hneen minutes sibley had
the villAinous officer in irIns. santa 70
was not sacked. The work IL destruc-
tion wsR contned Ia the burning of tho
half completed stat" house aud few
other public buildings. The uniun forces
retr-Ated Ia the north aud were closely
followed, They managed 10 effect .
junc,ure with the First Colorado, under
wynk"p and Chivington. Then fol-
lowed the decisive battle At Gloris,ts.
This slaughter dispelled all dr-ams ~ .
conf,derat. principally in the wide and
wild west
GloriettA lay a, the narrow end Of
long canon. BreAstworks were thrown
frun wall Ia wall. The fearless aud
dAshing siblry saw thAtA charge was the
only thing, In the center wsre tina Colo
r.lioans. A g""d many u these soldiers
were irom the mountains. They had
gord RIDES, Sibley's ligh, brigade was
allowed Ia ride within a short distance Of
tho vurks They approached sSily, their
tine horses prAncing and they laughing
aud shouting, There is many . man In
hsnv.r AMI through the Centennial stats
who can tell how the saddles on sibley's
hors@s were -mpti.d u the lAncsrs at
short range, how the charge Was rI'~ated
= second aud yet a third time, AMI how
sibley Was r-puls-d aud driven from the
held And p.ll nell tusari Texas with