The seventh star of the Confederacy
Subtitle: Texas during the Civil War
By: edited by Kenneth W. Howell.
Contributors: Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: War and the Southwest series -- no. 10; War and the Southwest series -- no. 10.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781574412598
Subjects: Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865; Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. A historical overview of Texas and the Civil War; title: The impact of new studies about Texas and Texans on Civil War historiography / by Alwyn Barr; title: The Civil War and the Lone Star State: a brief overview / by Archie McDonald; title: pt. 2. The time for compromise has passed; title: Explaining the causes of the Civil War: a Texas perspective / by James Smallwood; title: The Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas, 1858-1861: an analysis of the First (Military) Degree Knights / by Linda Hudson; title: pt. 3. In sight of my enemy; title: Frontier defense: enlistment patterns for the Texas frontier regiments in the Civil War / by John W. Gorman; title: Reckoning at the river: Unionists and Secessionists on the Nueces, August 10, 1862 / by Mary Jo O'Rear; title: Without a fight: the eighty-four-day Union occupation of Galveston, Texas / by Donald Willett; title: Nothing but disaster: the failure of Union plans to capture Texas / by Edward T. Cotham, Jr.; title: Hide your daughters: the Yankees have arrived in the Coastal Bend, 1863 / by Charles D. Spurlin; title: Red and White fighting the Blue: relations between Texans and Confederate Indians / by Charles D. Grear; title: Defending the Lone Star: the Texas cavalry in the Red River campaign / by Gary D. Joiner; title: Prison City, Camp Ford: largest Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in the Trans-Mississippi / by James Smallwood; title: pt. 4. Political, social, and cultural life during the war; title: The Confederate governors of Texas / by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.; title: A sacred charge upon our hands: assisting the families of Confederate soldiers in Texas, 1861-1865 / by Vicki Betts; title: On the edge of first freedoms: Black Texans and the Civil War / by Ronald E. Goodwin and Bruce A. Glasrud; title: Feed the troops or fight the drought: the dilemma Texas beef contractors faced in 1861-1865 / by Carol Taylor; title: Distress, discontent, and dissent: Colorado County, Texas, during the Civil War / by Bill Stein.