Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A.
Subtitle: greyhounds of the trans-Mississippi
By: Richard Lowe.
Series: Conflicting worlds
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army. Walker's Texas Division.; West (U.S.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Description: "Colorfully known as the "Greyhound Division" for its lean and speedy marches across thousands of miles in three states, Major General John G. Walker's infantry division in the Confederate army was the largest body of Texans - about 12,000 men at its formation - to serve in the American Civil War. From its creation in 1862 until its disbandment at the war's end, Walker's unit remained, uniquely for either side in the conflict, a stable group of soldiers from a single state. Richard's Lowe's saga shows how this collection of farm boys, store clerks, carpenters, and lawyers became the trans-Mississippi's most potent Confederate fighting unit, from the vain attack at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, in 1863 during Grant's Vicksburg campaign to stellar performances at the battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry that helped repel Nathaniel P. Banks's Red River campaign of 1864."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Joining up; title: Off to Arkansas; title: The folks at home; title: Walker's greyhounds; title: Milliken's Bend; title: The dismal summer of 1863; title: Bayou Bourbeau; title: Winter on the river; title: A Long retreat; title: Mansfield and Pleasant Hill; title: Jenkins' Ferry; title: The breakup; title: Epilogue.