When the Texans Came

John P Wilson earned his doctorate at Harvard University. He worked as an archaeologist at the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, and during this time excavated at old Fort Fillmore near Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico.

Prelude: a Confederate assessment of New Mexico in 1861 1 document -- Southern New Mexico, June-July 1861 (Union correspondence) 22 documents -- Headquarters and northern district correspondence, June-July 1861 (Union) 18 documents -- Headquarters and Fort Union correspondence, August 1861 (Union) 53 documents -- The retreat from Arizona, July-August 1861 (Union) 2 documents -- Headquarters and southern district correspondence, August-December 1861 (Union) 38 documents -- Confederate correspondence, July-December 1861 14 documents -- Rio Bonito and Manzano theater, August 1861-January 1862 (Union and Confederate) 19 documents -- Southern Arizona, August 1861-August 1862 (Union and Confederate) 17 documents -- Confederate correspondence, January-April 1862 9 documents -- Headquarters and other correspondence, January-March 1862 (Union) 38 documents -- Baylor's raid on Corralitos, February 1862 (Confederate and Mexican correspondence) 6 documents -- The Battle of Valverde, February 1862 (Union and Confederate) 5 documents -- Apache Pass and Glorieta, March 1862 (Union and Confederate) 5 documents -- Headquarters and southern district correspondence, April-August 1862 (Union) 21 documents -- Confederate correspondence, May-July 1862 14 documents.

"This collection of documents is indispensable for those seriously interested in the Civil War in New Mexico or researching the conflict in the Southwest." "This work will be invaluable to students of the confederacy's ill-fated New Mexico campaign of 1861-1862." The volume is well-illustrated with likenesses of its principals and line-drawn maps that are useful to help the reader visualize the players and their operations. Thoroughly indexed, the book is a good place to find references to important but hard to locate men . . . Wilson conveniently organized his book by area and topical chapters . . . an essential source work for students of its subject. "The volume is well-illustrated with likenesses of its principals and line-drawn maps that are useful to help the reader visualize the players and their operations."