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(CIVIL WAR--NEW MEXICO.) Porter, Charles. Manuscript account of the Confederate attempt to seize Arizona and New Mexico. 16 pages on 5 loose sheets; some browning, stab holes silked, most of the fifth leaf has been excised with substantial loss of text. Np, circa 1880
Charles Porter (1838-1902) was a career army officer on the frontier, and served as a sergeant and lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Infantry during the Civil War. He later rose to the rank of colonel. His account of the oft-forgotten Civil War on the southwestern frontier was published from a different manuscript in 1964. The present manuscript differs substantially from the published text, particularly in its closing lines. with--the published version of this account: "Charles Porter''s Account of the Confederate Attempt to Seize Arizona and New Mexico," edited by Alwyn Barr. 8vo, publisher''s cloth. Austin, 1964.
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