Edmund J. Davis of Texas
Subtitle: Civil War general, Republican leader, Reconstruction governor
By: Carl H. Moneyhon.
Series: The Texas biography series -- no. 2
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fort Worth, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780875654058
Subjects: Davis, E. J. -- 1827-1883; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Governors -- Texas -- Biography; Republicanism -- Texas -- History -- 19th century; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Texas; Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Texas -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1846-1865; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Table of contents: title: A Southern born man; title: Creation of a Texas Unionist, 1855-1862; title: Civil War service; title: Postwar Unionist; title: Unionism to republicanism; title: Davis and the Republican schism : the Constitutional Convention of 1868-1869; title: The election of 1869; title: E.J. Davis and the future of Texas : the legislative program; title: The fight against lawlessness and violence; title: Edmund Davis, Texas politics, and the destiny of republicanism; title: The struggle for political survival : searching for new political strategy and national recognition; title: A new political direction.