Archive Record
Metadata
Accession number |
2002.342 |
Catalog Number |
2002.342 |
Collection |
Pearce Civil War Collection |
Object Name |
Letter |
Title |
Baird (Spruce M.) Papers, 1864 |
Creator |
Baird, Spruce McCoy |
Date |
January 18, 1864 |
Dates of Creation |
January 18, 1864 |
Scope & Content |
Col. Baird of the 4th Texas Cavalry, Arizona Brigade details his plans to retake Ft. Brown and reinvade New Mexico. One letter (January 18, 1864; 3 pages) documents the military career of Colonel Spruce Baird, commander of the 4th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Arizona Brigade. Addressed to an unnamed colonel, Baird recommended attempts to recapture Fort Brown be suspended. Union forces held nearby Brownsville and various points along the middle coast and were threatening Rio Grande City and Laredo. Baird requested that troops be placed between San Antonio and Eagle Pass to protect Confederate trade with Mexico. Baird's letter further recommends that send a portion of the "Frontier Regiment" be dispatched in an expedition against the Indians "in the direction of Kansas." Finally, Baird advised that communications with "our friends in California, New Mexico and Arizona" be established in an attempt to "expell the enemy from those Territories and render his return empracticable by all means justified in war." Baird concluded: "We will thus protect our frontier against Indians in the most effectual manner. We will certainly defeat and capture the enemy's forces coming from above." Baird's plan would also protect trade with Mexico and prevent Union depredations against local planters and stockmen. |
Finding Aids |
In the repository and online at www.pearcecollections.us |
People |
Baird, Spruce |
Search Terms |
4th Texas Cavalry Texas Frontier Cavalry Texas New Mexico Arizona Indian Uprisings/Relations California Indian Participation West (U.S.) |
Credit line |
Pearce Civil War Collection |
Copyrights |
The copyright of these materials is managed by the Navarro College Archives on behalf of the Navarro College Foundation, 3100 W. Collin St., Corsicana, Texas 75110. Phone: 903 875-7438. Internet: archives@navarrocollege.edu Reproductions of original materials and transcriptions may be available. Please contact the archivist for further information. |
Physical characteristics |
1 item |