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Riding for the Lone Star : frontier cavalry and the Texas way of war, 1822-1865 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jennings, Nathan A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton : University of North Texas Press, [2016]
Series:American military studies ; no. 2.
Subjects:
Cavalry > Texas > History > 19th century.
Law enforcement > Texas > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Texas > History, Military > 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Texas > Cavalry operations.
Texas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Texans and nineteenth-century warfare
  • Tribal warfare of colonial Tejas, 1822-1835
  • The war for Texian independence, 1835-1836
  • Conflicts of the early Texas Republic, 1836-1838
  • Conflicts of the middle Texas Republic, 1838-1840
  • Conflicts of the late Texas Republic, 1841-1845
  • The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
  • Conflicts of antebellum Texas, 1846-1861
  • The war for Confederate independence, 1861-1865
  • Epilogue
  • Notes.