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Kindle Available  Frontier Defense in the Civil War: Texas' Rangers and Rebels When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Texans suddenly faced the dilemma of having to confront two enemies: US armed forces and the Plains Indians. | Texas Civil War Map of Battles
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 Pre-Civil War 1860 Texas Map 24 x 36 The period just prior to the Civil War . In this period Texas was in rapid development, trying to get railroad lines to the major cities and shipping points Articles: General David Twiggs in Texas Lee with Comanches in Texas Texas Book Titles |
 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. |
September 24-25, 1862 Sabine Pass October 4, 1862 Galveston January 1, 1863 Galveston September 8, 1863 Sabine Pass II May 12-13, 1865 Palmito Ranch / Palmito Hill |
Texas State History from a Christian Perspective Kindle Available  Horse Sweat and Powder Smoke: The First Texas Cavalry in the Civil War Regimental history from the time the regiment was raised by Colonel McCulloch to defend against indian warriors tor the time the regiment was part of the Confederate Army under the Colonels Buchel and Yager until the end of the Civil War |
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 Texas Battle Flag 1835 The Battle of Gonzales October 2, 1835. Texas Independence  Texas Longhorns Sweatshirt  Texas Longhorns Flag |
Selected Texas History Book Club Reading Books
 Only a Private: A Texan Remembers the Civil War : The Memoirs of William J. Oliphant A first-hand account of the common soldier's point of view. No colonel or general, William Oliphant was, "only a private." His perspective provides a window into Texas during the first days of the Civil War, and first-hand descriptions of battles |
Kindle Available Civil War Texas Describes Texas's role in the civil war and notes the location of historical markers, statues, monuments, battle sites, buildings, and museums in Texas that may be visited by those interested in learning more about the war. |
 The Fate of Texas: The Civil War and the Lone Star State When Texas joined the Confederacy and fought in the war, its fate was uncertain. The war touched every portion of the population and all aspects of life in Texas. |
 Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862 October 1, 1862, state militia arrested more than two hundred Unionists from five northern counties . At least forty-four prisoners were hanged, others were lynched in neighboring communities |
 Texans in the Confederate Cavalry Often outnumbered Texas Cavalry, through Bravado or sheer madness, frequently helped turn the tide of battle. From Colonel Parsons' assault on the Federal Navy during the Red River Campaign of 1864 to Terry's Texas Rangers with General Wheeler's horsemen badgering Sherman on his "March to the Sea," |
 Sabine Pass The Confederacy's Thermopylae Confederate president Jefferson Davis made the claim: "That battle at Sabine Pass was more remarkable than the battle at Thermopylae." Sabine Pass was the site of one of the most decisive Civil War battles |
Kindle Available Horse Sweat and Powder Smoke: The First Texas Cavalry in the Civil War Regimental history from the time the regiment was raised by Colonel McCulloch to defend against indian warriors tor the time the regiment was part of the Confederate Army under the Colonels Buchel and Yager until the end of the Civil War |
 A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 Elizabeth Neblett's observations on slave and class relations, regional politics, lynching, farm management, medical practices, mental illness, and the Civil War in Texas. |
 Battle Flags of Texans in the Confederacy Excellent Confederate Flag information resource |
 Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart Shades of Blue and Gray No scholar can fail to appreciate Allen's exhaustive research,, nor any layman fail to be amazed at her mass of fact and significant detail |
 Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelines to the outside world. |
 The Last Battle of the Civil War Palmetto Ranch May 12-13, the last battle of the Civil War had been fought at the southernmost tip of Texas |
