F. Stanley (1908–1996)
Auteur van Fort Union New Mexico
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(eng) Birth name Louis Crocchiola. Took the name Francis Stanley when ordained as a Catholic priest in 1938. Used the pen name "F Stanley".
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Stanley, F.
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Crocchiola, Louis
- Geboortedatum
- 1908
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1996
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- BA English, Catholic University, Washington, DC
- Ontwarringsbericht
- Birth name Louis Crocchiola. Took the name Francis Stanley when ordained as a Catholic priest in 1938. Used the pen name "F Stanley".
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- 156
- Leden
- 234
- Populariteit
- #96,591
- Waardering
- 2.7
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 9
So it is with The Civil War in New Mexico. I didn’t find anything that I knew to be wrong, but the book is poorly organized and difficult to read. Stanley starts out adequately enough, with an account of the Washington debates over what to do with the territory conquered from Mexico in 1848; however once he gets to the Civil War proper things deteriorate – most noticeably he has an account of the Battle of Glorieta Pass, then an account of the Battle of Valverde (which occurred before Glorieta Pass), then another account of Glorieta Pass. About two thirds of the text discusses General Carleton and the California Column, getting down into such details as foraging arrangement and wagon purchases. The California Column soldiers had joined up to fight Confederates (they did get involved in a small skirmish at Picacho Pass in Arizona, the westernmost land battle of the Civil War) but spent most of their time bickering with New Mexico natives over supplies and fighting Navajo and Apache without a lot of success. Stanley goes into this in excruciating detail, with verbatim reproduction of contemporary newspaper columns (New Mexico newspaper editors seemed to be divided between pro-Carleton and anti-Carleton factions) and equally verbatim accounts of after-action reports submitted by various officers campaigning against the Indians. The final hundred pages or so are a list of every soldier in the New Mexico Volunteers.
Fairly dull going, alas, and only of interest if you’re OCD about Civil War history. No illustrations; reference list but no end- or footnotes. One feature I found redeeming was each chapter ends with capsule biographies of most of the people mentioned.… (meer)