Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-13
INCIDENTS Of
GLOR|ETA BATTLE
Recalled to Veteran
Seay's Memory
by Story.
FOUGHT At VALVERDE
Then Became III and Was
Left at Albuquerque
Some "reminiscences.

t"I read with interest the articles
descriptive of the battle of Glorieta
which were published recently in the
New Mexican. would probably have
been in that fight if It had not been
for sickness"
The speaker was Robert T. Seay Of
Dallas, Texas, who was in the city
few days ago, having stopped off here
between trains while ell route to
Pennington. He was accompanied by
a younger brother, J. Brown Seay, Of
Roswell who was only baby at the
outbreak of the Civil War. The Tex
an still remembers vividly those
troublesome times when the country
was split in twain and talked interest
ingly of his experiences to reporter
of the New Mexican. He was a soldier
of the onfederacy, serving under Cen
eral Sibley and later under General
Green.
Was Member of Texas Regiment.
81 enlisted in the Seventh Texas
Cavalry, which became part of Sib-
ly's brigade he said when asked to
relate what he knew of the desperate
but i'll fated raid of New Mexico. MY
baptism of fire was in the battle
of Valverde near old Fort Craig, on
February 81, 1862 | was not in the
battle of Glorieta 1t was probably
we'll for me that | wasn't too. | was
taken sick upon arrival at Albuquer-
cue. | contracted bad cold from
wading the river and sleeping in my
wet clothes. and the first thing knew
was i'll with pneumonia. was recoV-
ering from my sickness when my COM
rades came marching back after hav-
ing been routed in the fight at Glorieta
Pass. They had lost all of their hor-
ses and their wagon train had been
burned Our command was forced to
walk all the way back from Santa re
10 San Antonio, where we were order
ed home on furloughs to remount.
"Some people wonder what was the
nhiecf OF this raid on New Mexico
The purpose of the campaign was 10
regarrison all of the army posts IN
New Mexico and Arizona, then go up
through Colorado and across Kansas tc
ioin Prince in Missouri. We would
probably have carried out our plans
If it hadn't oeen for the unexpected
repulse at Glorieta Pass.
confederates Captured Indian Blankets
"At Santa Fe our boys made RAID
ON the store and when they came
marching back to Albuquerque they
had a great collection of Indian blank
cts. All of their baggage had been
burned while they were busy fighting
Some Federals upon spying the wagon
train which had been left guarded onl!
by a handful of sick men slipped
around unknown to us and set II on
tire. n
"After rejoining the army at TN
conclusion of the enforced furlousi
we operated on the coast OF Texa'
and Louisiana. The enemy during UNI
war at one time had possession o
Galveston, but we recaptured 1t OF
New Years Day, 1863 The most not
ed battles in which l engaged were a
Mansfield and Pleasant Hid. Inc.
were fought on the same day, peln'
only short distance apart.
81 was only slightly wounded ono
during the entire war, and that wa
caused by a fragment OF burste'
shell striking my thigh. was pres
ent on Red River when General Greel
was killed. His head was shot OF
by shell from gun boat as cleal
as il cut by knife"
Mr. Seay said that he was never $
embarrassed in his life as he wa
when convalescing from his siege Q
pneumonia at Albuquerque. Durin
his illness his hair fell out with tn
exception of a row at the base OF tn
head. He was then only beardles
youth and to be bald-headed SO earl
in life was chagrining. He kept HI
hat on as much as possible to concet
the absence of hair until ii was H.
placed by nature.