Hi Gil!
I would like to direct your attention to " Glory in Grey ", a series of 4 small books which give a 1-3 page Biography of 425 Confederate Generals.
They can be purchased here for $60 + $10 postage - for the entire set.
http://www.bibleschool.edu/bibleBookstore/index.html
Entire extract regarding General H. H. Sibley, reads as follows:-
<font color="yellow"><i>Henry Hopkins Sibley - (1816-1886)
Henry Hopkins Sibley was born on May 25th, 1816 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He graduated from West Point in 1838 and was stationed in the New Mexico Territory.
Sibley served in the Seminole War and in the Expedition against the Mormons of Utah, as well as the Mexican War.
In 1856 he patented the Sibley tent, which could comfortably accommodate 20 soldiers and their personal gear.
When the War of Northern aggression began, he resigned his commission in the United States Army and joined the Confederacy.
Confederate President Davis promoted him to Brigadier General on June 17th, 1861 and sent him to Texas to put together a Brigade to clear what is now New Mexico and Arizona of any Union presence.
Sibley believed that his Troops would be able to live off the land of New Mexico, and that the Union troops would not resist a Confederate invasion. On both counts, he was proved wrong. While he defeated Union forces at Val Verde and La Glorieta, he was unable to withstand the Union counter-attack. He and his 1,500 remaining troops withdrew to Fort Bliss, Texas and then to San Antonio to escape the Californian Column under Union General James Carleton
After failing to liberate New Mexico, Sibley was assigned to minor commands and struggled with chronic illness and drunkenness
His performance in the Teche River Campaign of 1863 was poor.
He was court-martialed and censured, but not convicted, after failures at Irish Bend and Fort Bisland in April 1863.
After the War, he became General of Artillery for the Khedive of Egypt.
After He returned to North America in 1874, he lectured.
General Sibley died in abject poverty, in Fredricksburg, Va., on August 23rd, 1886.
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I also have an e-mail address and postal address for the Author. This is a private publication and fairly difficult to find on Amaxon, ebay etc. but easy to get "privately".
I have the set and find it quite helpful in supplying info on some of the more obscure or less famous CSA Generals.
Contact me by email if Ye'd like the addresses.
A set of books that I'd recommend to anyone interested in this period of American history - and, helpful (I'd imagine) towards Your "Generals" project.
Pat.
Patrick G.M.Carroll,
Lieutenant General.
Carroll's Corps,(II)
"Spartan Southrons"
Army of Georgia.
C.S.A.Cabinet Secretary
" When My Country takes it's rightful place, amongst the Nations of the World, then and only then, let My Epitaph be written. "