In “Desert Empire,” Emerging Civil War historian Patrick Kelly-Fischer tackle the overlooked New Mexico Campaign of 1862 by exploring the men, battles, and politics that shaped the course of the war in the Southwest and the future of the region.

Patrick Kelly-Fischer is a historian with Emerging Civil War. He graduated from Bard College in 2009 with a B.A. in Political Studies and began writing for Emerging Civil War in 2021.

Phillip S. Greenwalt was a Supervisory Park Ranger of the Shark Valley District of Everglades National Park, and a Historian-Park ranger at George Washington Birthplace National Monument and Thomas Stone National Historic Site.

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