Special Guest Chris Ryland Jr. talks about his song Ballad of a Man Killer Lion

In May of 1885, Geronimo and over 140 Chiricahua Apaches broke out of the San Carlos Reservation in a final gasp of the long lasting Apache Wars of the American Southwest. For the next 16 months the US Army under Crook and then General Miles will hunt the renegades down through mountains, canyons, and deserts. Countless innocents, soldiers, and Chiricahuas will perish as the Army and their Apache Scouts chase the hostiles through New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and Chihuahua. Tom Horn, Al Sieber, General Crook, Bourke, Chihuahua, Nana, Naiche, and Geronimo feature heavily in this episode. As well as new players like Lawton, Crawford, and Davis. This episode is a frustrating and sad saga but it brings about the official end to my Apache Series.

This episode was originally a Subscriber only episode in my series over the Western legend Tom Horn but since he participated so heavily in ending the threat of Geronimo and his hostile renegades, I thought it would be a good final episode over the Apache Series for all listeners.

Friend & fellow podcaster The Paranormalist joins me on the show and we talk about aliens, UFOs, skin walkers, giant serpents, our own encounters with the paranormal, what causes the Southwest to be so strange, and a whole lot more. It’s a very fun interview episode, especially if you like the weird and the spooky. Suspend your disbelief and join us.

This episode covers the end of the Civil War in the Southwest as the Rebels Retreat completely out of New Mexico. It covers the low morale of the Confederate Troops, Sibley’s woes, the final battle in the Territory at Paraje, eighteen-year-old Felix Robert Collard’s odyssey through the Jornada del Muerte, the troubles with the locals, and more. I then finish the series with a brief background of myself before I read the short story Confederate Jasmine from V.N. Ebert’s Georgia Buddha in its entirety.

This is the Tenth Episode over the Civil War in the American Southwest.

In this very short episode, Carleton’s California Column of Fedrals invades Arizona to repel the Confederate Empire’s westward expansion. The Great Flood of 1862, The Skirmish at Stanwix Station, and the Battle of Picacho Peak are all discussed in this episode over the Civil War in the Southwest.

This is the ninth episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest.

After yet another hollow victory at Glorieta Pass, the Confederate Soldiers realize they had no choice but to retreat. At first they retreat to Santa Fe but before long they head further south to Albuquerque. They then retreat even further south along the Rio Grande to Peralta where the last major military engagement between the two sides occur in New Mexico.

After the draw at the Battle of Peralta, the Rebels continue their retreat towards Mesilla with the Yankees shadowing their every move from the other side of the mighty river.

Eventually, the Confederates faced a dilemma: fight the Yanks at a place called the Narrows or attempt a 100 mile march through the Magdalena and San Mateo Mountains which are just west of Fort Craig. That long march has become known as Coopwood’s Gamble.

Please excuse my voice in this episode. I was sick for a week and a half during the holiday season but once I recovered, I lost my voice. A week later it still has not came back to me 100%. I couldn’t wait any longer to record, though.

This is the eighth episode in the series over the Civil War in the American Southwest.

In this episode the battle of Apache Canyon, Glorieta Pass, & Chivington’s actions at Johnson’s Ranch are discussed in detail. There are heroics, harrowing deaths, exciting charges, & more. But in the end, the Rebel’s hopes for an Imperial Confederacy in the west are turned to ashes after yet another hollow victory.

This is the seventh episode in the series over the Civil War in the American Southwest.

In this episode the Rebels ride into Tucson and declare it as the westernmost city of the Confederate Empire as Baylor invades Mexico to give the Apaches “hot pursuit”. Meanwhile, Sibley walks north and takes Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The taking of Santa Fe marks the only time the Rebel forces of the Confederate States of America occupy the capitol of a Union Territory in the entire Civil War. The Army of New Mexico then prepares to use a three pronged attack against Fort Union. Captain Sherod Hunter, Baylor’s resignation after an international incident, The Colorado Volunteers, and the hardships of the Rebels long march north are all discussed.

This is the 6th episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest.

In this episode, The Confederates march on Fort Craig before the first major engagement in New Mexico during the Civil War occurs: The Battle of Valverde. I go over in detail the exciting and heart rending Confederate victory on the Rio Grande.

This is the 5th Episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest.

In this episode, Baylor goes after the Apaches in the west. Specifically, Mangas Coloradas and Cochise as they escalate their fight against the White Eyes and the Arizona Guards. Meanwhile, the battle of Alamosa gives Baylor some hope. Unfortunately, rumors swirl of a three pronged Fedral invasion of Mesilla and Fort Fillmore. Over in Texas, Baylor raises his three armies and they eventually march west to New Mexico. I cover Baylor’s murder of a journalist, the commanders of Sibley’s Brigade’s, and the status of the other Western Territories in regards to their rumors of joining the Rebellion.