Rebels Along the Rio Grande
2 primary works • 5 total works
Book 1
Book 1
Two boys from different cultures, one a Texan, one a New Mexican, get caught on opposite sides of the U.S. Civil War.
Jemmy Martin wants to stay on the family farm near San Antonio, Texas. When his brother becomes a packer for a regiment of Texas Mounted Volunteers, then deserts, Jemmy takes his brother’s identity to protect him from the firing squad. Now all Jemmy wants is to get himself and his family mules back to the farm where they belong.
Raul Atencio isn’t interested in the Americanos war. The nephew of a prosperous Socorro, New Mexico merchant, Raul wants to become rich and powerful like his uncle. While at Fort Craig to deliver supplies and help build defenses, the Confederates arrive, and Raul becomes an unwilling participant in the defense of the Fort.
As the Confederate army marches around Fort Craig, the Union forces prepare to stop them. Upon the banks of the Rio Grande the two armies face off in the Battle of Valverde, and both Jemmy and Raul must struggle to keep themselves, and their dreams, alive.
Jemmy Martin wants to stay on the family farm near San Antonio, Texas. When his brother becomes a packer for a regiment of Texas Mounted Volunteers, then deserts, Jemmy takes his brother’s identity to protect him from the firing squad. Now all Jemmy wants is to get himself and his family mules back to the farm where they belong.
Raul Atencio isn’t interested in the Americanos war. The nephew of a prosperous Socorro, New Mexico merchant, Raul wants to become rich and powerful like his uncle. While at Fort Craig to deliver supplies and help build defenses, the Confederates arrive, and Raul becomes an unwilling participant in the defense of the Fort.
As the Confederate army marches around Fort Craig, the Union forces prepare to stop them. Upon the banks of the Rio Grande the two armies face off in the Battle of Valverde, and both Jemmy and Raul must struggle to keep themselves, and their dreams, alive.
Two boys. One battle. A life-changing encounter.Jemmy Martin left his Texas farm and followed Confederate General Sibley's Army into New Mexico to keep his mules safe. Now he’ s protecting Willie, an orphaned drummer boy with a broken arm. Cian Lochlann is an Irish orphan who gave up gold prospecting to join the Union Army. All he wants is a full belly and a strong man to lead him into an unknown future. The three meet when the Confederate and Union Armies clash in the mountains east of Santa Fe in the Battle of Glorieta. Can Cian devise a plan that keeps all three boys alive?
As he retreats down the Rio Grande with the defeated Confederate Army, Jemmy Martin fears what his parents will say when he returns without the mules they depend on for their farm. Cian, an Irish orphan, wants to leave the Union Army and rejoin the injured man who promised him a home. Nuevo Mexicano Raul Atencio tries to protect his family from both armies without getting entangled in either. The battles are over, but disease, starvation, hate, and death still threaten. Can Jemmy, Cian and Raul survive the aftermath of war? Find out in this thrilling conclusion to the Rebels Along the Rio Grande trilogy.