This is the ninth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.
I open the episode with Pat Garrett’s life and background before catching up to the story of Billy the Kid. A Secret Service agent is sent at the behest of Dolan and the House to New Mexico to investigate Billy’s new friends and the noose around our hero’s neck tightens.
Billy does ultimately break bad when he murders a man in cold blood which results in two ex-Regulators dying, and eventually, Billy getting arrested by Pat Garrett.
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This is the ninth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.
I open the episode with Pat Garrett’s life and background before catching up to the story of Billy the Kid. A Secret Service agent is sent at the behest of Dolan and the House to New Mexico to investigate Billy’s new friends and the noose around our hero’s neck tightens.
Billy does ultimately break bad when he murders a man in cold blood which results in two ex-Regulators dying, and eventually, Billy getting arrested by Pat Garrett.
The Civil War in the Southwest: The Rebel’s Trudge Down the Rio Grande, The Battle of Peralta, & Coopwood’s Gamble
The American Southwest
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The Civil War in the Southwest: The Rebel’s Trudge Down the Rio Grande, The Battle of Peralta, & Coopwood’s Gamble
This is the ninth episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest.
After yet another hollow victory at Glorieta Pass, the Confederate Soldiers realize they had no choice but to retreat. At first they retreat to Santa Fe but before long they head further south to Albuquerque. They then retreat even further south along the Rio Grande to Peralta where the last major military engagement between the two sides occur in New Mexico.
After the draw at the Battle of Peralta, the Rebels continue their retreat towards Mesilla with the Yankees shadowing their every move from the other side of the mighty river.
Eventually, the Confederates faced a dilemma: fight the Yanks at a place called the Narrows or attempt a 100 mile march through the Magdalena and San Mateo Mountains which are just west of Fort Craig. That long march has become known as Coopwood’s Gamble.
Please excuse my voice in this episode. I was sick for a week and a half during the holiday season but once I recovered, I lost my voice. A week later it still has not came back to me 100%. I couldn’t wait any longer to record, though.
The American Southwest
This is the ninth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico.
I open the episode with Pat Garrett’s life and background before catching up to the story of Billy the Kid. A Secret Service agent is sent at the behest of Dolan and the House to New Mexico to investigate Billy’s new friends and the noose around our hero’s neck tightens.
Billy does ultimately break bad when he murders a man in cold blood which results in two ex-Regulators dying, and eventually, Billy getting arrested by Pat Garrett.
