Moss Bluff rebel
Subtitle: a Texas pioneer in the Civil War
By: Philip Caudill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Sam Rayburn series on rural life -- no. 18
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781603440899
Subjects: Duncan, William Berry, -- 1818-1867; Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography; Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Texas Cavalry Regiment, 11th; Pioneers -- Texas -- Biography; Drovers -- Texas -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations
Genres: Biography.
Description: Reveals a detailed portrait of a fascinating Texan, William Duncan-- businessman, county sheriff, cattleman, and Confederate officer-- capturing his wartime emotions and his postwar struggles to reinvent the lifestyle he knew before the war. Also explores the everyday life of the Anglo-Texans who settled the Mexican land grants in the early nineteenth century and subsequently became citizens of the proudly independent Texas Republic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pioneer; title: Character; title: Adjustment; title: Duty; title: Disgust; title: Morale; title: Mumps; title: Oysters; title: Louisiana; title: Insurance; title: Escape; title: Mission; title: Amnesty; title: Disguise; title: Texas; title: Spindletop; title: Collapse; title: Resolve; title: Surrender; title: Home; title: Struggle; title: Progress; title: Rest.