Desert Empire: The 1862 New Mexico Campaign (Kelly-Fischer, Greenwalt CWC) Section- The Confederacy A member of the 116th

A member of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division

a politician and postmaster

Jine the Cavalry

by John Reeves

Desert Empire: The 1862 New Mexico Campaign (Kelly-Fischer, Greenwalt CWC) Section- The Confederacy A member of the 116thby Patrick Kelly Fischer (Author), Phillip S. Greenwalt (Author) A detailed account of the overlooked 1862 New Mexico Campaign and Confederate ambitions in the Southwest. In late July 1861, Lieutenant Colonel John Baylor and 258 Texas cavalrymen thundered into the small village of Mesilla, tucked along the Rio Grande River in the New Mexico Territory. They skirmished with U. S. Regulars seeking to retake the town and quickly forced them to retreat. It