The fate of Texas : the Civil War and the Lone Star State / edited by Charles D. Grear.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grear, Charles D., 1976-

Series:

Civil War in the West

The Civil War in the West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and society.

History.

Social aspects.

Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Texas.

War and society--Texas.

Texas--History--1846-1950.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.

Physical Description:

xxi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2008.

Contents:

1 Texas, Jefferson Davis, and Confederate National Strategy / Joseph G. Dawson III 1

2 Warriors, Husbands, and Fathers: Confederate Soldiers and Their Families / Richard Lowe 25

3 "If We Should Succeed in Driving the Enemy Back out of My Native State": Why Texans Fought East of the Mississippi River during the Civil War / Charles D. Grear 37

4 The Price of Liberty: The Great Hanging at Gainesville / Richard B. McCaslin 53

5 The Civil War and the Lives of Texas Women / Angela Boswell 69

6 Slaves Taken to Texas for Safekeeping during the Civil War / Dale Baum 83

7 New Perspectives on Texas Germans and the Confederacy / Walter D. Kamphoefner 105

8 After the Surrender: The Postwar Experiences of Confederate Veterans in Harrison County, Texas / Randolph B. Campbell 121

9 "I Seemed to Have No Thought of the Past, Present, or Future": Texans React to Confederate Defeat / Carl H. Moneyhon 137

10 Causes Lost but Not Forgotten: George Washington Littlefield, Jefferson Davis, and Confederate Memories at the University of Texas at Austin / Alexander Mendoza 155

11 "Tell It Like It Was": Texas, the Civil War, and Public History / Julie Holcomb 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index.

ISBN:

9781557288837

1557288836

OCLC:

221165828