Highpointing: Glorieta Pass, the highest battlefield in the United States
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The Battle of Glorieta Pass has been described as the "Gettysburg of the West." While that description is a bit of artistic license, the battle was decisive and the largest engagement in the the American West. Located in the Pecos National Historical Park, this site at over 7500 feet of elevation is the highest major battlefield in the United States. We also spend some time at Fort Union, one of the major US forts along the Santa Fe trail. Join us as we explore America and go highpointing! #highpointing, #USCivilWar, #NewMexico
(On a side note you may notice I look a bit rough in this episode, that would be from us filming and successfully summiting Wheeler Peak, the New Mexico highpoint, the day before.)
Hosted by Skye Marthaler, www.rooftopsofamerica.com
Music is by Kevin MacLeod, Brian Boyko, and Brett Van Donsel
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I live in Glorieta right in the thick of all this. Kudos to you for getting through all that in our thin air.
Love this video. Absolutely love hearing the history about the battle. Very interesting 👍
Thanks Jason!
Had no idea that there were Civil War battles out west. Thanks for the great presentation and research. 😀
It was really cool to dig into that history and check out the site. Another place where I wish I would have had more time. Cheers!
My grandfather employed a former Civil War veteran. Out of Texas.
Former mounted Infantry with a shotgun and pistols. Wounded at
Glorieta Pass he never left NM. Obliged to utter an oath of allegiance
to exit Federal Custody.. Minus a limb he herded goats as employment.
Good edition! Thanks for the research you do... and for the time and effort you invest in presenting it. Growing up n Alabama, I've been around a *lot* of Civil War buffs but I've never heard any of them say much about the war in the west. In the words of "The History Guy", this is "history that deserves to be remembered."
The New Mexico campaign was pretty fascinating even if it was small scale compared to the battles and campaigns in the east. It really was unlike anything else in the war both in the nature and demands of the campaign and the type of environment it was fought in. One little interesting historical quirk is that the Battle of Valverde was the location of the last lancer charge in US history. (Confederate 5th Texas.)
Very informative as always. I never heard of this area or the battle that took place here.
I first came across it years ago while driving up I25 and had originally thought of adding this to the upcoming New Mexico episode but it sort of took a life of its own.
Interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing what other side videos you come up with.
I've got a pretty good list I've compiled over the years! Thanks for watching!
Was just there a few days ago. With all the overgrowth of pine trees it's hard to tell what exactly was going on. But the Visitors Center and the one at the former Kozlowski's Ranch are extremely interesting.
Agree to both. Overall this is a difficult battlefield to interpret since so much has changed in the way of infrastructure and growth since the time of the battle.
@@RooftopsofAmerica One thing I learned at the ranch museum was that actress Greer Garson and her producer husband owned the land in the 40s and 50s and were instrumental in the preservation of much of the historical buildings.
Great vid as always
Thanks Benji!
Recently found out my great great grandfather fought in this battle. He was in the 5th NM Hispano volunteers. Look up the battle of Valverde as they all fought previously
That's very cool. The NM volunteers were critical in the way Glorieta Pass ended. There is a strong argument that they were the decisive unit at the decisive moment. I touch on the Battle of Valverde briefly, it sets the stage for the remainder of the campaign. I wish we would have had time to get down there to film on location. Cheers!
I believe this is the battle that takes place in the movie, 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.'
Yes, though there is nary a bridge nor a river to be found. LOL. One of my all time favorite movies.
I only found out about this battle because apparently the battle scene between Union and Confederate soldiers in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is based off of Glorieta Pass
It is a weird amalgamation of events of the New Mexico campaign. There is a great Sibley cameo too as they role through the town.
Oh no the old tactic, not protecting your supplies in a near barren wilderness your stuffed. Chivington right man right place, Kiwi history buff.
Sibley was a drunk and incompetent. His subordinates did most of the brain work while he sat in the hospital wagon nursing a hangover for the duration of the campaign. The only reason why he received approval from the confederate high command was because it cost them little to nothing, and so if it failed they would lose little to nothing. Even if Sibley won Glorieta Pass, he still would've had a massive fight at Ft. Union. He wasn't even fit to take Ft. Craig early in the campaign, and nearly suffered catastrophic defeat at Valverde Ford. By the time he reached Santa Fe, his army was already suffering greatly and in dire need of everything from food to water to medical care. Even if he succeeded at Ft. Union, by that time there would've been so many Federal reinforcements marching into the Denver area (not to mention the California column) that he most likely would've been beaten at Raton Pass. If not there, he would've had huge fights at Colorado Springs, and Denver City itself. Even if he managed to secure the gold fields in the Rockies, he would've been so far from home and so dogged by Federal forces that he wouldn't have been able to hold any of it long enough for it to have paid off anyways. Long story short, it was nothing more than a Confederate pipe dream dating back to before the days of the Texas Revolution. It was a campaign that literally made no effect on the rest of the Civil War. When Sibley ultimately failed, many of his subordinate officers went on to die in combat in Louisiana. Sibley couldn't even hold a position with the Egyptian army after the war due to his rampant alcoholism. He died in poverty and obscurity in Fredericksburg VA.