The seventh star of the Confederacy : Texas during the Civil War /
On February 1, 1861, delegates at the Texas Secession Convention elected to leave the Union. The people of Texas supported the actions of the convention in a statewide referendum, paving the way for the state to secede and to officially become the seventh state in the Confederacy. Soon the Texans fo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | War and the Southwest series ;
no. 10. |
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| Online Access: | ebrary Book review (H-Net) |
| Summary: | On February 1, 1861, delegates at the Texas Secession Convention elected to leave the Union. The people of Texas supported the actions of the convention in a statewide referendum, paving the way for the state to secede and to officially become the seventh state in the Confederacy. Soon the Texans found themselves engaged in a bloody and prolonged civil war against their northern brethren. During the course of this war, the lives of thousands of Texans, both young and old, were changed forever. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781574412598 1574412590 9781574413120 1574413120 |