In the saddle with the Texans
Subtitle: day-by-day with Parsons's Cavalry Brigade, 1862-1865
By: edited by Anne J. Bailey.
Contributors: Bailey, Anne J.
Publisher: McWhiney Foundation Press, McMurry University
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Abilene, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Parsons, William Henry, 1826-1907; Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry. Parsons's Brigade; Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry -- Military life -- Sources; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations -- Sources; Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations -- Sources; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Description: "Confederate cavalry operating in the Trans-Mississippi during the Civil War has received little scholarly attention, partially because of the paucity of written resources that survived the conflict." "While there are a few published letter collections and a handful of memoirs, little is known of the troopers' daily activities. With the publication of the order book of Parsons's Brigade, a compilation of the original daily orders preserved by members of the brigade during the Civil War, the story of these horsemen comes to light."

"The Texans were on the move daily; they skirmished with Union cavalry or scouted enemy positions from the time they arrived in Arkansas in 1862 until the time they returned to Texas in 1865. As cavalry, these Confederates endured a life of privation and hardship, sleeping in the muddy bayous of northeastern Louisiana or along the banks of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers." "For the first time the reader can follow the everyday life of a Texan in the cavalry as he served the Confederacy faithfully in a losing cause."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.