"When All Our Troubles Will Be Forgotten"

“In the present volume, Jerry Thompson again demonstrates his unparalleled mastery of military operations in the Civil War Southwest. Moreover, the letters of Capt. George Henry Pettis offer unusually vivid accounts of the painful impact that the demands and realities of military service far from home can so often have on the personal lives of even those soldiers who survive the conflict.” – Robert Wooster, author of The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783–1900
“George Pettis was an important figure in Civil War–era New Mexico whose collected writings offer a fascinating glimpse into the region during one of its most tumultuous periods. Thompson’s excellent research shines light on this long-neglected Southwestern persona.” – William S. Kiser, author of The Business of Killing Indians: Scalp Warfare and the Violent Conquest of North America

Jerry D. Thompson is the Regents and Piper Professor of History at Texas A&M International University in Laredo and an award-winning historian. A former president of the Texas State Historical Association, Thompson has published over thirty books on the Civil War in the Southwest. His acclaimed works include A Civil War History of the New Mexico Volunteers and Militia; Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls: Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws; and Under the Piñon Tree: Finding a Place in Pie Town (winner of the Historical Society of New Mexico’s Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Award).

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