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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: New Mexico Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The New Mexico Campaign was a military operation of the American Civil War in February-March 1862 in which the Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley invaded the northern New Mexico Territory in an attempt to gain control of the southwest, including the gold fields of Colorado and the ports of California.
Henry Hopkins Sibley was a brigadier general during the American Civil War fighting on the side of the Confederate States of America in the New Mexico Territory.
Sibley chose to disengage from the fort and continued northward towards Santa Fe, occupying it on March 10.
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  Henry Hopkins Sibley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Hopkins Sibley (May 25, 1816 – August 23, 1886) was a brigadier general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Confederate States Army in the New Mexico Territory.
By the time Henry Hopkins Sibley was seven years old and sent off to live with his uncle George Champlin Sibley and his wife Mary Easton.
Sibley's retreat to San Antonio in 1862 ended the aspirations of the Confederate nation to stretch to the pacific ocean and utilize the mineral wealth of California.
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 Handbook of Texas Online:
Henry Hopkins Sibley, the son of Samuel Hopkins and Margaret I. (McDonald) Sibley, was born at Natchitoches, Louisiana, on May 25, 1816.
Sibley was brevetted a major for bravery at Medellín, near Veracruz, and fought at Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, and Molino del Rey.
The Sibley tent, derived from a Comanche style, was conical, with a center pole affixed to a tripod at the bottom.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/fsi1.html   (878 words)

  
 Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886)
Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886), the son of Samuel Hopkins and Margaret I. (McDonald) Sibley, was born at Natchitoches, Louisiana, on May 25, 1816.
Sibley and his company were stationed in Kansas helping to quell the violence over the slavery question, and in 1857 they marched through the winter to join the Mormon Expedition at Fort Bridler.
Sibley was summoned to Richmond to answer charges filed against him as a result of his poor leadership during the New Mexico campaign.
www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/sibley.html   (719 words)

  
 Civil War in New Mexico - Essays
Sibley convinced Davis that it was possible to raise an army in Texas and lead it on a victorious march through New Mexico.
Sibley's men would be able to live off the land as they won the hearts and provisions of a sympathetic populace along the way.
Sibley's assumptions regarding the loyalties of the residents of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and California can be dismissed as the wishful projections of an ambitious man. But, as a former U.S. Army officer in New Mexico, he should have seen the flaws in his New Mexico strategy.
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 HENRY HOPKINS SIBLEY, CSA
Henry Hopkins Sibley was born on May 25, 1816, in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Sibley served in the Seminole War and in the expedition against the Mormons of Utah, as well as the Mexican War.
After this, Sibley was assigned to minor commands, and struggled with chronic illness and alcoholism.
www.multied.com /Bio/CWcGENS/CSASibley.html   (278 words)

  
 Fort Tours | Sibley in Texas
Henry H. Sibley began his army career prior to the outbreak of the Mexican/American war.
Sibley earned a reputation for bravery at the Battle of Vera Cruz and during the occupation of Mexico City, he was a popular figure at the officer's club.
Sibley assumed command of Fort Graham on the Brazos River on November 13, 1850.
www.forttours.com /pages/sibley.asp   (348 words)

  
 Americans in the Egyptian Army: Henry Hopkins Sibley
Henry Hopkins Sibley was a graduate of West Point.
Upon arriving in Egypt, Sibley was made inspector general of artillery, and with Loring devised the plans for the coastal defenses of Egypt and Alexandria.
Unfortunately, General Sibley was an alcoholic, and also ran up a number of unpaid bills during his tenure in Egypt (including one for eating a cheese belonging to his landlord).
egypt.atomicmartinis.com /hhsibley.htm   (188 words)

  
 Sibley, Henry Hopkins (25 May 1816-23 Aug
Sibley, Henry Hopkins (25 May 1816-23 Aug. 1886), Confederate general, was born at Natchitoches, Louisiana, the son of Samuel Hopkins Sibley, a parish public official, and Margaret I. McDonald.
When Sibley was seven his father died, and the boy was taken by his mother to live with an uncle in
Sibley was court-martialed as a result of a personal feud with Cooke, his regimental commander; the court-martial had no apparent effect on his career.
www.libarts.ucok.edu /history/faculty/roberson/course/1483/suppl/chpXV/HenryHopkinsSibley.htm   (692 words)

  
 The Battle of Glorieta Pass--Setting the Stage
Henry Hopkins Sibley dreamed of fulfilling his nation's destiny of spanning the American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Sibley's nation was the Confederate States of America, and Confederate President Jefferson Davis shared Sibley's vision of southern Manifest Destiny.
Most crucially, Sibley miscalculated the determination of the quickly assembled Union volunteers of the western territories to halt the Confederate advance.
www.cr.nps.gov /NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/91glorieta/91setting.htm   (280 words)

  
 La Glorieta Pass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
However, Sibley's army was depleted and a substantial of his wagons burnt and that led to his ultimate defeat a month later.
Sibley still dared not attack Fort Craig and decided to re-supply his army in Albuquerque, leaving Canby and Fort Craig in his rear.
Sibley was court-martialed for insubordination and drunkenness in the battles of Irish Bend & Fort Bisland, in defense of the Red River Campaign launched by Union Gen. Banks.
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 Subaru Drive Magazine: Summer 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
During the War Between the States, Confederate generals Henry Hopkins Sibley, Sterling Price and John Hunt Morgan each led invasions to places not usually thought of as parts of that historic conflict — Santa Fe, Kansas City and northern Ohio.
General Sibley marched toward Fort Craig, a bastion of 3,800 Union troops on the Rio Grande River.
Sibley’s men desperately needed supplies from the fort because they were trying to live off the land.
www.drivesubaru.com /Sum06_Feature.htm   (1782 words)

  
 Highlights for February 21
Sibley, with 3,000 troops, now moved north against the Federal stronghold at Fort Craig on the Rio Grande.
When Sibley arrived near Fort Craig on February 15, he ordered his men to swing east of the fort, cross the Rio Grande, and then capture the Val Verde fords of the Rio Grande.
Sibley's second in command, Colonel Tom Green, filling in for an ill Sibley, made a bold counterattack against the Union left flank.
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 Sibley's Brigade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
On May 31, 1861, Henry Hopkins Sibley resigned his commission in the Second United States Dragoons and hurried to Richmond, where he persuaded Jefferson Davis to adopt a grandiose plan to capture New Mexico Territory and use it as a gateway for Confederate occupation of Colorado and California.
After Sibley was called to Richmond to account for the New Mexico disaster, the brigade was commanded by Col. Green and participated in the recapture of Galveston on January 1, 1863.
After the Confederate defeat at the battle of Bisland on April 13 and 14, 1863, in which Col. Reily was killed, Sibley was court-martialed by Taylor and removed from command.
www.angelfire.com /tx/RandysTexas/page64.html   (544 words)

  
 Henry Hopkins Sibley - Wikipedia
Henry Hopkins Sibley auf einer Fotografie von Mathew Brady
Sibley hatte in Richmond Bericht über das Scheitern seiner Mission zu erstatten, erhielt aber den Befehl über seine Brigade zurück.
Henry Hastings Sibley, der erste Gouverneur von Minnesota, war ein entfernter Verwandter von Henry Hopkins Sibley.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Hopkins_Sibley   (1333 words)

  
 Sibley, Henry Hastings - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Sibley, Henry Hastings 1811-91, first governor of Minnesota, b.
He was (1848) delegate to Congress from Wisconsin Territory and promoted (1849) the organization of Minnesota Territory.
He was then its territorial delegate, and when it became (1858) a state, Sibley was (1858-60) its first governor.
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 Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley
General Sibley was raised on a plantation in Louisiana.
At the battle of Valverde on Feb. 21, Sibley was ill probably due to passing a kidney stone.
It can be safely said that Sibley had the dubious distinction of being if not the worst of the Confederate generals then one of the worst.
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 Henry Sibley
On May 31, 1861, Henry Hopkins Sibley resigned his commission in the Second United States Dragoons and hurried to Richmond, where he persuaded Jefferson Davis to adopt a grandiose plan to capture New Mexico Territory and use it as a gateway for Confederate occupation of Colorado and California.
The advance guard of the brigade under Maj. Charles L. Pyron was defeated by Colorado "Pikes Peakers" in Apache Canyon, but a larger force under the command of Col. William R. Scurry drove the federals from the field on March 28 in the battle of Glorieta.
After Sibley was called to Richmond to account for the New Mexico disaster, the brigade was commanded by Col. Green and participated in the recapture of Galveston on January 1, 1863.
www.7thtexascav.com /bio_sibley.htm   (659 words)

  
 Fort Craig, New Mexico: Forts and Towns --Last updated 04/01/01
Sibley, previously stationed at Fort Union, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, resigned his federal commission to follow his native state of Louisiana into the Confederate ranks.
On the morning of February 21, 1862, Colonel Canby watched as Sibley's troops marched north on the opposite banks of the river.
Sibley, who is best known for the invention of the Sibley tent, later traveled to Egypt where he was made inspector general of artillery, and devised the plans for the coastal defenses of Egypt and Alexandria.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jonas Sibley; Jonas L. Sibley, Esq., "a man of fine presence, pre-eminently a public-spirited man, a true lawyer, with a docket of cases no less than eighty for a single term of court;" Hon.
Mark H. Sibley of Canandaigua, a man of rare national distinction;1 Hon.
Mark H. Sibley, and Stephen A. Douglas, all distinguished in the annals of Congress." Peabody Mass.
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 Rio Rancho Observer Online
Sibley seems to have overlooked a subtlety; Kearny issued his statement after his occupation of New Mexico, not before.
Sibley's advance was stopped at Glorieta in March 1862 and the Confederates returned to Texas.
Sibley was reassigned, but drunken incompetence led to a court martial, and even though he was acquitted, he was given no further position of command in what remained of the Civil War.
www.observer-online.com /articles/2006/03/20/news/don_bullis/bullis.txt   (767 words)

  
 Amazon.de: The Civil War in West Texas and New Mexico: The Lost Letterbook of Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
General Henry Hopkins Sibley marched what became the Army of New Mexico across the Texas Trans-Pecos to Fort Bliss.
The ultimate objective of the campaign purportedly was the eventual conquest of California, since a continental Confederate States of America stretching from Richmond to San Francisco might well speed diplomatic recognition by Great Britain and France, a vital necessity for the independence of the infant southern republic.
In particular, the letters show how Sibley organized his small army, enlisted officers at the brigade and regimental levels, and sought to supply it with arms and equipment.
www.amazon.de /Civil-War-West-Texas-Mexico/dp/0874042836   (483 words)

  
 Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
With an army of zealous Texas recruits, many of them in the fullness of their youth, Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley marched what became the Army of New Mexico across the burning deserts of the Texas trans-Pecos to Fort Bliss.
Driving north into the verdant Mesilla Valley, Sibley hoped to overrun the Union adobe bastion of Fort Craig, push up the Rio Grande and seize the supply depot at Alburquerque, raise the Stars and Bars over Santa Fe, and march on Fort Union, another vital supply depot and the gateway to Colorado.
The eventual objective of the campaign, as Sibley purportedly told one of his artillery officers, was the eventual conquest of California.
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 Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley of the Confederate Army
He served on the frontier in Indian scouting, the Kansas border disturbances, the Seminole War, the Utah Expedition against the Mormons of Utah, and in the Mexican War.
Sibley was commissioned as a Colonel 3 days later and to Brigadier General on June 17th.
While Sibley defeated Union forces at Valverde and Glorieta Pass, he was unable to withstand the Union counterattack.
www.mycivilwar.com /leaders/sibley_henry.htm   (420 words)

  
 Aldie's Civil War Daily
In question to the tariffs, General Sibley declared by virtue of power given him by his President in Richmond that all levying of taxes by the Federal Government was, at that moment, abolished.
In writing to the commander of the military district, it was his premise that Sibley's entry into the state was arranged by the Secretary of State to the territory itself.
General Sibley was first driven back, but found a good defensive position along a river bed; counter attacked causing Canby and his forces to throw in the towel.
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 Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley Sibley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley is remembered for his innovation of a lightweight round tent with a stove in the center.
Lack of supplies proved to be the major reason for his failure to hold New Mexico after a victory at the Battle of Valverde and an apparent victory at the Battle of Glorieta Pass.
A contributing factor to the failure was General Sibley's drunkenness during the campaign.
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 The Civil War in the West - Guidon Books
Peticolas was with the Sibley Brigade at the Battle of Valverde.
The Civil War in West Texas and New Mexico: The Lost Letterbook of Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley.
The dramatic stories of Sibley's New Mexico Campaign in the words of some of the actual participants, which originally appeared in the Overton Sharp Shooter between 1887 - 1888.
www.guidon.com /westcvwr.html   (1484 words)

  
 Pecos National Monument Park, New Mexico, and Battle of Glorieta Pass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley's plan to raise a force of Texans to invade New Mexico Territory.
Sibley's objectives were to capture military supplies from Union forts in New Mexico and to recruit New Mexicans, Utah Mormons, and Colorado miners to the Confederate cause.
Sibley sent Major Charles Pyron and his Fifth Texas Regiment ahead of the main Confederate force to capture the unprotected capital of Santa Fe.
www.huntel.com /~artpike/peco9.htm   (380 words)

  
 THE CONFEDERATE ARIZONA CAMPAIGN OF 1862, Col. Sherod Hunter Camp 1525, SCV, Phoenix, Arizona
Upon the arrival in December 1861 of Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley and his three regiments of Texas cavalry, grandly named the "Army of New Mexico" by their commander, the military situation in the Confederate Territory of Arizona changed.
Sibley recognized the importance of Tucson and Western Arizona for the Confederacy.
When most of the Confederate Army of New Mexico, under Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley, departed for San Antonio, Herbert's Battalion was among the units left behind, under the command of Colonel William Steele, in a forlorn attempt to hold the Mesilla valley and the El Paso region for the Confederacy.
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