Spartan Band: Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil WarIn Spartan Band (coined from a chaplain's eulogistic poem) author Thomas Reid traces the Civil War history of the 13th Texas Cavalry, a unit drawn from eleven counties in East Texas. The cavalry regiment organized in the spring of 1862 but was ordered to dismount once in Arkansas. The regiment gradually evolved into a tough, well-trained unit during action at Lake Providence, Fort De Russy, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry, as part of Maj. Gen. John G. Walker's Texas division in the Trans-Mississippi Department. 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. He also includes detailed information on battle casualty figures, equipment issued to each company, slave ownership, wealth of officers, deaths due to disease, and the effects of conscription on the regiment's composition. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Regiment is Reorganized | 27 |
Chapter 3 From Red River to White River | 46 |
Chapter 4 The Trials of a Bitter Winter | 65 |
Chapter 5 The Vicksburg Campaign | 83 |
Chapter 6 Texans in the Bayou Country | 105 |
photo section | 120 |
Chapter 9 A Battle at Jenkins Ferry | 147 |
Chapter 10 Home With Their Shields | 169 |
Chapter 11 Epilogue | 184 |
Roster of Soldiers Who Died on Active Duty | 193 |
Organization of Walkers Division April 1864 | 197 |
Field and Staff Officers and Company Commanders | 198 |
Rosters of Soldiers by Company | 204 |
Bibliography | 221 |
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