Confederate General of the West: Henry Hopkins Sibley by Jerry Thompson, Leonel Garza (Illustrator). Paperback Reprint edition (April 1996). A detailed biography of the commander who was inspired to propose and lead the Confederate invasion of New Mexico. Sibley's complicated life and lonely demise are a poignant story, the portrait of a dreamer whose visions came to nought.

Desert Tiger: Captain Paddy Graydon and the Civil War in the Far Southwest (Southwestern Studies Series, No 97) by Jerry D. Thompson. Paperback (September 1992). Graydon, a scout for the Union commander E.R.S. Canby, is a colorful figure to say the least. This detailed biographical sketch covers Graydon's career in the Southwest from soldier to hotel keeper to scout, to his dramatic death in a hail of gunfire.

The Little Lion of the Southwest: A Life of Manuel Antonio Chaves by Marc Simmons. Paperback Reprint edition (July 1983). Acclaimed New Mexico historian Marc Simmons offers a detailed look at the life of a remarkable New Mexican, Manuel Chaves. Descended from aristocratic Spanish settlers, Chaves survived attacks by Indians and political embroilments of the American conquest of New Mexico, to become a leading citizen and a prominent officer in the 2nd New Mexico Volunteers.

Louis Felsenthal, citizen-soldier of territorial New Mexico by Jacqueline Meketa. Out of print but worth requesting a search. Felsenthal, a merchant settler, became a soldier in the New Mexico Volunteers during preparations to defend New Mexico Territory against the Confederate invasion.

A Prudent Soldier: a biography of Major General E. R. S. Canby, by Max L. Heyman. Amazon does not list this title, which was last published in Glendale, Calif., by A. H. Clark Co. in 1959. A rather ponderous biography but an excellent resource for anyone interested in the life of General Canby, who was a remarkable individual, as different as possible from his flamboyant counterpart, H.H. Sibley. Canby's career is marked by caution and compassion, and culminates in his tragic murder during peace negotiations with the Modoc Indians of the Northwest.