The fate of Texas the Civil War and the Lone Star State /
edited by Charles D. Grear.
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, (c)2008.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 272 pages) : illustrations, map.
- The Civil War in the West .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Texas, Jefferson Davis, and Confederate national strategy / Warriors, husbands, and fathers: Confederate soldiers and their families / "If we should succeed in driving the enemy back out of my native state": why Texans fought East of the Mississippi River during the Civil War / The price of liberty: the great hanging at Gainsville / The Civil War and the lives of Texas women / Slaves taken to Texas for safekeeping during the Civil War / New perspectives on Texas Germans and the Confederacy / After the surrender: the postwar experiences of Confederate veterans in Harrison County, Texas / "I seemed to have no thought of the past, present, or future": Texans react to Confederate defeat / Causes lost but not forgotten: George Washington Littlefield, Jefferson Davis, and Confederate memories at the University of Texas at Austin / "Tell it like it was": Texas, the Civil War, and public history / Joseph G. Dawson -- Richard Lowe -- Charles D. Grear -- Richard B. McCaslin -- Angela Boswell -- Dale Brown -- Walter B. Kamphoefner -- Randolph B. Campbell -- Carl H. Moneyhon -- Alexander Mendoza -- Julie Holcomb.
Charles D. Grear is assistant professor of history at Prairie View A and M University. Previously he taught history at Texas Christian University.
9781610751476
War and society--Texas. Texas--History--1846-1950. Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects. War and society--Texas.