The California Column in New Mexico
By: Darlis A. Miller.
Contributors: Historical Society of New Mexico.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: United States. Army. California Column -- Biography.; United States. Army. California Column -- History.; Soldiers -- New Mexico -- Biography.; New Mexico -- History -- 1848-  -- Biography.; New Mexico -- Biography.
Description: During the Civil War, the California Column moved to New Mexico to save it for the Union by preventing a Confederate force from occupying it. About 340 members of the Column remained in New Mexico after the war to settle the territory.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 291-305.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of New Mexico)
"Published in cooperation with the Historical Society of New Mexico."
Includes index.