Seventh Star of the Confederacy : Texas During the Civil War

, by Howell, Kenneth W.

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ISBN: 9781574412598 | 1574412590
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/30/2009

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List of Illustrations	p. vi
List of Maps	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xii
A Historical Overview of Texas and the Civil War
The Impact of New Studies about Texas and Texans on Civil War Historiography	p. 2
The Civil War and the Lone Star State: A Brief Overview	p. 21
The Time for Compromise Has Passed
The Impending Crisis: A Texas Perspective on the Causes of the Civil War	p. 32
The Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas, 1858-1861: An Analysis of the First (Military) Degree Knights	p. 52
In Sight of My Enemy
Frontier Defense: Enlistment Patterns for the Texas Frontier Regiments in the Civil War	p. 70
Reckoning at the River: Unionists and Secessionists on the Nueces, August 10, 1862	p. 85
Without a Fight: The Eighty-four-day Union Occupation of Galveston, Texas	p. 110
"Nothing but Disaster": The Failure of Union Plans to Capture Texas	p. 130
Hide Your Daughters: The Yankees Have Arrived in the Coastal Bend, 1863	p. 149
Red and White Fighting the Blue: Relations between Texans and Confederate Indians	p. 167
Defending the Lone Star: The Texas Cavalry in the Red River Campaign	p. 189
Prison City, Camp Ford: Largest Confederate Prisoner-of-war Camp in the Trans-Mississippi	p. 208
Political, Social, and Cultural Life during the War
The Confederate Governors of Texas	p. 228
"A Sacred Charge upon Our Hands": Assisting the Families of Confederate Soldiers in Texas, 1861-1865	p. 246
On the Edge of First Freedoms: Black Texans and the Civil War	p. 268
Feed the Troops or Fight the Drought: The Dilemma Texas Beef Contractors Faced in 1861-1865	p. 287
Distress, Discontent, and Dissent: Colorado County, Texas, during the Civil War	p. 301
List of Contributors	p. 317
Index	p. 326
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