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Author : Kevin R. Young
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89062343223
Author Kevin R.Young explores the Texas involvement from the very beginning of the gathering storm through the final days of the war when the last shots were fired during a Confederate victory in Texas.
Author : Stephen A. Townsend
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585444878
In 1863 the Union capture of Texas was viewed as crucial to the strategy to deny the Confederacy the territory west of the Mississippi and thus to break the back of Southern military force. Overland, Texas supplied Louisiana and points east with needed goods; by way of Mexico, Texas offered a detour around the blockade of Southern ports and thus an economic link to England and France. But Union forces had no good base from which to interdict either part of the Texas trade. Their efforts were characterized by short, unsuccessful forays, primarily in East and South Texas. One of these, which left New Orleans on October 26, 1863, and was known as the Rio Grande Expedition, forms the centerpiece of this book. Stephen A. Townsend carefully traces the actions—and inaction—of the Union forces from the capture of Brownsville by troops under Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, through the advance up the coast with the help of Union Loyalists, until General Ulysses S. Grant ordered the abandonment of all of Texas except Brownsville in March 1864. Townsend analyzes the effects of the campaign on the local populace, the morale and good order of the two armies involved, U.S. diplomatic relations with France, the Texas cotton trade, and postwar politics in the state. He thoughtfully assesses the benefits and losses to the Northern war effort of this only sustained occupation of Texas. No understanding of the Civil War west of the Mississippi—or its place in the Union strategy for the Deep South—will be complete without this informative study.
Author : Roger L. Shaffer
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997-07-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780585262413
Well documented by public records, actual court reports, and newspaper accounts, this book is a true story of greed, ambition and murder in the first degree.
Author : Mary Bayard Clarke
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : 1570034737
Letters from family members reveal the depth of their anger, and Clarke's own words illustrate the difficulties of living as the spouse of a scalawag in the Reconstruction South."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780585230375
From true cowhands who stood tall in the saddle as the prototypes of the American myth, historian Patrick Dearen has collected priceless, spellbinding stories of a simpler era when a man's word was his bond and a cowhand rode hard and lived harder. Within the pages of this book these genuine legends who rode through a golden moment in American history live on.
Author : The Arthurs
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781461625445
Twin Cities Uncovered takes you from restored barns to fragrant apple orchards to the "Mighty Mississippi Bicycle Adventure" that runs from Minneapolis to cities far across America. Ride the antique, hand-carved carousel at the Minnesota State Fair, or stroll the "Mississippi Mile" along the cobblestone Main Street to a row of quaint shops, charming restaurants, and coffee houses on the water's edge. Recall the romance of Longfellow's "Hiawatha" by the showers of Minnehaha Falls, or step back in time and share the lifestyle of immigrant settlers at a living museum.
Author : Docia Schultz Williams
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781556225697
Renowed storyteller Docia WIlliams gathers a medley of some of the best haunting stories from her four previous books, then she adds a hundred pages of new ghostly tales from Piney Woods of East Texas and from North Centeral Texas,including the Dallas area.
Author : Jeremy Locke
Publisher : Jeremy Locke
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 9780977745104
The dawn of the freedom of manknind.
Author : Philip Robert Caudill
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781603446150
Reveals a detailed portrait of a fascinating Texan, William Duncan-- businessman, county sheriff, cattleman, and Confederate officer-- capturing his wartime emotions and his postwar struggles to reinvent the lifestyle he knew before the war. Also explores the everyday life of the Anglo-Texans who settled the Mexican land grants in the early nineteenth century and subsequently became citizens of the proudly independent Texas Republic.
Author : Peter Cozzens
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1469620391
During the late summer of 1862, Confederate forces attempted a three-pronged strategic advance into the North. The outcome of this offensive--the only coordinated Confederate attempt to carry the conflict to the enemy--was disastrous. The results at Antietam and in Kentucky are well known; the third offensive, the northern Mississippi campaign, led to the devastating and little-studied defeats at Iuka and Corinth, defeats that would open the way for Grant's attack on Vicksburg. Peter Cozzens presents here the first book-length study of these two complex and vicious battles. Drawing on extensive primary research, he details the tactical stories of Iuka--where nearly one-third of those engaged fell--and Corinth--fought under brutally oppressive conditions--analyzing troop movements down to the regimental level. He also provides compelling portraits of Generals Grant, Rosecrans, Van Dorn, and Price, exposing the ways in which their clashing ambitions and antipathies affected the outcome of the campaign. Finally, he draws out the larger, strategic implications of the battles of Iuka and Corinth, exploring their impact on the fate of the northern Mississippi campaign, and by extension, the fate of the Confederacy.
Author : Bryan W. Lane
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781625859167
Confederate brigadier general John Adams refused to leave his men despite his own critical injuries and died at the Battle of Franklin. Until recently, his service was rarely acknowledged. During his remarkable military career, he traversed the country from Tennessee to New York, Mexico to Maryland and then to California. Adams trained and rode alongside some of the most celebrated commanders of the Confederate army, but his greatest feat remains his unwavering devotion to his men and the Confederate cause in his home state of Tennessee. Bryan W. Lane follows Adams's rise in the military ranks until his inevitable fall at one of the most important battles of the Civil War.
Author : Stephen Chicoine
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786464180
Texas was the South's frontier in the antebellum period. The vast new state represented the hope and future of many Southern cotton planters. As a result, Texas changed tremendously during the 1850s as increasing numbers of Southern planters moved westward to settle. Planters brought with them large numbers of slaves to plant, cultivate and pick the valuable cash crop; by 1860, slaves made up 30 percent of the total Texas population. No state in the South grew nearly as fast as Texas during this decade, and as the booming economy for cotton led the economic development, the state became increasingly embroiled in the national debate about whether slavery should exist within a democratic republic dedicated to the freedom and independence of man. This work is centered on the role played by the town of Chappell Hill during this portion of Texas history. It offers details about the area's pre-war prosperity as a center of wealth, influence and aristocracy and describes the angry fervor of the period leading up to the war. Men of this small town played a role in many of the major campaigns and battles of the war, and their motivations for enlisting and their tales of duty are included here. Through excerpts from their correspondence and journals, the book emphasizes personal experiences of the soldiers. Post-war adventures are also offered as the author explores Texas resistance to Federal occupation, the town's yellow fever epidemic and a period of reconciliation as aging veterans gather at Blue-Gray reunions to reunite the nation.
Author : William L. Richter
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 1033 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810879591
The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States cannot be overstated. Many historians regard the Civil War as the defining event in American history. At stake was not only freedom for 3.5 million slaves but also survival of the relatively new American experiment in self-government. A very real possibility existed that the union could have been severed, but a collection of determined leaders and soldiers proved their willingness to fight for the survival of what Abraham Lincoln called "the last best hope on earth." The second edition of this highly readable, one-volume Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction looks to place the war in its historical context. The more than 800 entries, encompassing the years 1844-1877, cover the significant events, persons, politics, and economic and social themes of the Civil War and Reconstruction. An extensive chronology, introductory essay, and comprehensive bibliography supplement the cross-referenced dictionary entries to guide the reader through the military and non-military actions of one of the most pivotal events in American history. The dictionary concludes with a selection of primary documents. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Author : Edward Terrel Cotham
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292705944
In an 1882 speech, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis made an exuberant claim: "That battle at Sabine Pass was more remarkable than the battle at Thermopylae." Indeed, Sabine Pass was the site of one of the most decisive Civil War battles fought in Texas. But unlike the Spartans, who succumbed to overwhelming Persian forces at Thermopylae more than two thousand years before, the Confederate underdogs triumphed in a battle that over time has become steeped in hyperbole. Providing a meticulously researched, scholarly account of this remarkable victory, Sabine Pass at last separates the legends from the evidence. In arresting prose, Edward T. Cotham, Jr., recounts the momentous hours of September 8, 1863, during which a handful of Texans—almost all of Irish descent—under the leadership of Houston saloonkeeper Richard W. Dowling, prevented a Union military force of more than 5,000 men, 22 transport vessels, and 4 gunboats from occupying Sabine Pass, the starting place for a large invasion that would soon have given the Union control of Texas. Sabine Pass sheds new light on previously overlooked details, such as the design and construction of the fort (Fort Griffin) that Dowling and his men defended, and includes the battle report prepared by Dowling himself. The result is a portrait of a mythic event that is even more provocative when stripped of embellishment.
Author : William L. Richter
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810863361
The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States cannot be overstated. There was a very real possibility that the union could have been sundered, resulting in a very different American history, and probably world history. But the union was held together by tough and determined leaders and by the economic muscle of the North. Following the end of the war, the period of American history known as Reconstruction followed. This was a period construed in many different ways. While the states were once again 'united,' many of the postwar efforts divided different segments of the population and failed to achieve their goals in an era too often remembered for carpetbaggers and scalawags, and Congressional imbroglios and incompetent government. This one-volume dictionary, with more than 800 entries covering the significant events, persons, politics, and economic and social themes in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, is a research tool for all levels of readers from high school and up. The extensive chronology, introductory essay, dictionary entries, and comprehensive bibliography introduce and lead the reader through the military and non-military actions of one of the most pivotal events in American history.
