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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781943203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2008

ISBN

1-61075-147-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

The Civil War in the West

Altri autori (Persone)

GrearCharles D. <1976->

Disciplina

973.7/464

Soggetti

War and society - Texas

Texas History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Texas History 1846-1950

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Texas, Jefferson Davis, and Confederate national strategy / Joseph G. Dawson -- Warriors, husbands, and fathers: Confederate soldiers and their families / Richard Lowe -- "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 -- The price of liberty: the great hanging at Gainsville / Richard B. McCaslin -- The Civil War and the lives of Texas women / Angela Boswell -- Slaves taken to Texas for safekeeping during the Civil War / Dale Brown -- New perspectives on Texas Germans and the Confederacy / Walter B. Kamphoefner -- After the surrender: the postwar experiences of Confederate veterans in Harrison County, Texas  / Randolph B. Campbell -- "I seemed to have no thought of the past, present, or future": Texans react to Confederate defeat / Carl H. Moneyhon -- Causes lost but not forgotten: George Washington Littlefield, Jefferson Davis, and Confederate memories at the University of Texas at Austin / Alexander Mendoza -- "Tell it like it was": Texas, the Civil War, and public history / Julie Holcomb.

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Charles D. Grear is assistant professor of history at Prairie View A & M University. Previously he taught history at Texas Christian



University.</div>