Rebels on the Rio Grande: The Civil War Journals of A.B. Peticolas

by A.B. Peticolas, Don E. Alberts (Editor)

The 1862 Confederate invasion of New Mexico is a little known episode of Civil War history. In the Journal of A. B. Peticolas, however, the experiences of the Sibley Brigade come to life, beginning on 21 February 1862, the morning of the battle of Valverde, the first and largest Civil War battle in New Mexico, and ending with the company's marching back to Texas on 15 June 1862. The author has consulted every known journal, diary and memoir by both Confederate and Federal participants, so the journal is extensively annotated.

Genres: American Civil War, History

187 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1984

Reviews

[Dave Peticolas]

This is the Civil War diary of Alfred Brown Peticolas, my great-great-something grandfather. I bought it mainly because of the relation, but it ended up being interesting in itself. It also includes sketches he made during the period.

[Fredrick Danysh]

Some Civil War actions were fought in the West. Texas forces invaded New Mexico in an attempt to annex that state as well as Arizona and California. Peticolas took part in that expedition.