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Spartan band : Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War / Thomas Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Thomas, 1947-
- Series:
- War and the Southwest series ; no. 9.
- War and the Southwest series ; no. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- Texas.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.
- Southwest, Old--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.
- Southwest, Old.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry Regiment, 13.
- Confederate States of America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thomas Reid traces the Civil War history of the 13th Texas Cavalry, a unit drawn from 11 counties in East Texas. Reid researched letters, documents, and diaries gleaned from more than one hundred descendants of the soldiers, answering many questions relating to their experiences and final resting places.
- Contents:
- Burnett's Texas mounted volunteers
- The regiment is reorganized
- From Red River to White River
- The trials of a bitter winter
- The Vicksburg Campaign
- Texans in the bayou country
- Long road to Mansfield
- The battle of Pleasant Hill
- A battle at Jenkins' Ferry
- Home with their shields
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-73098-6
- 9786610730988
- 1-57441-406-2
- 1-4337-1042-0
- 1-4175-9363-6
- OCLC:
- 187394850
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