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Rebels on the Rio Grande: The Civil War Journal of A.B. Peticolas

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The Civil War, you might think, belonged to the South, and to the North--but never to the West.
But the Civil War did make it to the West, and it made it to New Mexico, and one Confederate soldier in that war kept a journal.
Don Alberts has done fans of New Mexico's history an enormous favor by editing those journals into this insightful book--"Rebels on the Rio Grande"--a book that brings the war alive in all its fear, violence, tension, stress, and boredom.
From the days of fighting, to the men who led them, to the days of waiting around for something to happen, this book has it all, and is an essential purchase for any New Mexico (or Civil war) historian, whether amateur or professional.
Also, for residents of New Mexico's Sandia Mountains, this book is indispensable, as it contains firsthand 1862 accounts of what the communities of Tijeras and San Antonio (in Bernalillo County) were like, as well as a nice little sketch of what San Antonio used to look like.
It's great.