The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil WarOn 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 curse of this war, the lives of thousands of Texans, both young and old, were changed forever. This new anthology, edited by Kenneth W. Howell, incorporates the latest scholarly research on how Texans experienced the war. Eighteen contributors take us from the battlefront to the home front, ranging from inside the walls of a Confederate prison to inside the homes of women and children left to fend for themselves while their husbands and fathers were away on distant battlefields, and from the halls of the governor’s mansion to the halls of the county commissioner’s court in Colorado County. Also explored are well-known battles that took place in or near Texas, such as the Battle of Galveston, the Battle of Nueces, the Battle of Sabine Pass, and the Red River Campaign. Finally, the social and cultural aspects of the war receive new analysis, including the experiences of women, African Americans, Union prisoners of war, and noncombatants. |
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Contents
| 31 | |
Part III In Sight of My Enemy | 69 |
Part IV Political Social and Cultural Life during the War | 227 |
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| Title | The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War Issue 10 of War and the Southwest series, ISSN 1094-1886 |
| Editor | Kenneth Wayne Howell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of North Texas Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1574412590, 9781574412598 |
| Length | 348 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Military / United States History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
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