About the Author

William S. Kiser is author of Turmoil on the Rio Grande: The Territorial History of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 and Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861.

Reviews

Billy Kiser's study of the United States dragoons in New Mexico before the Civil War is an important book. His clear writing and brilliant interpretations of the 1857 Bonneville Campaign against the Southern Apaches is the definitive treatment."" - Edwin V. Sweeney author of Cochise: Chiricahua Apache Chief