Rebels Along the Rio Grande

Jemmy is a farm boy from San Antonio, Texas who loves the family mules and has no interest in adventure or going to war. Raul is the nephew of a prosperous Socorro, New Mexico merchant and wants to become rich and powerful like his uncle. Two boys from different cultures, one a Texan, one a New Mexican, get caught up on opposite sides of the US Civil War as Confederate General Henry Sibley invades New Mexico territory.

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 after the Battle of Valverde 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. Both are pulled toward a distant mountain pass in New Mexico territory where the decisive battle of Gen. Sibley's New Mexico campaign will be fought. Called the "Gettysburg of the West" the Battle of Glorieta Pass will test both boys as they face their worst enemy.

They survived the battles. Can they survive the road home? 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?