Talk:Battle of Glorieta Pass

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[edit] Questions

I can't say I know much about this battle, but reorganized the description of the NM Campaign from the battle itself. The campaign needs more of a description, IMHO. An unanswered question: The Texans are first listed as being under the command of Major Pryon, but then the next paragraph says Pryon and [Lt Col] Scurry. That's a bit confusing. Hal Jespersen 16:22, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Map needed

A map would be useful --AW 16:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Bold text

[edit] This was actually a Confederate Victory

I have read three books on the New Mexico Campaign. I also read Shelby Foote's account of this battle, plus other articles, and they all state that the Battle of Glorietta pass was, in fact, a Confederate victory. I can supply the titles from all these books where this is stated.

Sibley's New Mexico Campaign, 1960 by Martin Hardwick Hall.

The Battle of Glorietta Pass, 1998 by Thomas S. Edrington and John Taylor.

Henry Hopkins Sibley: Confederate General of the West, 1987. by Jerry Thompson.

Also Shelby Foote's narrative of the civil war.

Of course, the result of the battle was a Pyrrhic victory, because the confederates suffered a devasting loss to their supply lines, and it was the basis of the Southern retreat. But that's looking ahead. The point is that the confederates won, and I believe that on the RESULT part of the page, it should read Confederate victory or pyrrhic victory.

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