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- Title
"The More of Them Are Killed the Better" RACIAL IDENTITY AND NONCOMBATANT IMMUNITY IN CIVIL WAR.
- Authors
Bartek, James M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the negative treatment of Hispanic American civilians and New Mexico's Native Americans by both Union and Confederate forces during the New Mexico campaign of the U.S. Civil War. The proposed territorial expansion of the Confederate States of America (CSA) into the New Mexico Territory are discussed. The racist aspects of U.S. expansion and manifest destiny are outlined as they pertain to the New Mexico Territory. Volunteer soldiers for both the Union and Confederate armies played a large role in both fighting the campaign and marginalizing native New Mexicans. The author states that the combination of racism and irregular warfare led to increased bloodshed in the region.
- Subjects
NEW Mexico; UNITED States; NEW Mexico Campaign, 1862; PILLAGE; HISPANIC Americans; RACISM; MANIFEST destiny (U.S.); VOLUNTARY military service; NEW Mexico state history; AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865; AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Atrocities; OFFENSES against the person; UNITED States history
- Publication
New Mexico Historical Review, 2010, Vol 85, Issue 4, p323
- ISSN
0028-6206
- Publication type
Article