The seventh star of the Confederacy : Texas during the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton : University of North Texas Press, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:War and the Southwest series ; no. 10.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. A historical overview of Texas and the Civil War
  • The impact of new studies about Texas and Texans on Civil War historiography / by Alwyn Barr
  • The Civil War and the Lone Star State: a brief overview / by Archie P. McDonald
  • Pt. II. The time for compromise has passed
  • The impending crisis: a Texas perspective on the causes of the Civil War / by James M. Smallwood
  • The Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas, 1858-1861: an analysis of the First (Military) Degree Knights / by Linda S. Hudson
  • Pt. III. In sight of my enemy
  • Frontier defense: enlistment patterns for the Texas frontier regiments in the Civil War / by John W. Gorman
  • Reckoning at the river: Unionists and Secessionists on the Nueces, August 10, 1862 / by Mary Jo O'Rear
  • Without a fight: the eighty-four-day Union occupation of Galveston, Texas / by Donald Willett
  • "Nothing but disaster": the failure of Union plans to capture Texas / by Edward T. Cotham, Jr.
  • Hide your daughters: the Yankees have arrived in the Coastal Bend, 1863 / by Charles D. Spurlin
  • Red and White fighting the Blue: relations between Texans and Confederate Indians / by Charles D. Grear
  • Defending the Lone Star: the Texas cavalry in the Red River campaign / by Gary D. Joiner
  • Prison City, Camp Ford: largest Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in the Trans-Mississippi / by James M. Smallwood
  • Pt. IV. Political, social, and cultural life during the war
  • The Confederate governors of Texas / by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.
  • "A sacred charge upon our hands": assisting the families of Confederate soldiers in Texas, 1861-1865 / by Vicki Betts
  • On the edge of first freedoms: Black Texans and the Civil War / by Ronald E. Goodwin and Bruce A. Glasrud
  • Feed the troops or fight the drought: the dilemma Texas beef contractors faced in 1861-1865 / by Carol Taylor
  • Distress, discontent, and dissent: Colorado County, Texas, during the Civil War / by Bill Stein.