General Sibley’s Southwestern conquest fell far short of his boasts. Twenty-five hundred Texans led by Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley moved up the Rio Grande Valley in the early months of 1862. Sibley hoped to establish a Confederate presence in the territory of New Mexico, gain access to the mineral wealth of Colorado and, if …
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