The Fate of Texas - The Civil War in the Lone Star State

Informationen zum Autor Charles D. Grear is assistant professor of history at Prairie View A & M University. Previously he taught history at Texas Christian University. Klappentext In its examination of a state too often neglected by Civil War historians, The Fate of Texas presents Texas as a decidedly Southern, yet in many ways unusual, state seriously committed to and deeply affected by the Confederate war effort in a multitude of ways. When the state joined the Confederacy and fought in the war, its fate was uncertain. The war touched every portion of the population and all aspects of life in Texas. Never before has a group of historians examined the impact of the war on so many facets of the state. Zusammenfassung What was Texas' role in the Civil War? This book explore the lives of Texas women! slavery! veterans! and how the state dealt with Confederate loss.

Product details

• Authors: Charles D. (EDT) Grear
• Assisted by: Charles D Grear (Editor), Charles D. Grear (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2008
• EAN: 9781557288837
• ISBN: 978-1-55728-883-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Civil War in the West; The Civil War in the West
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous