The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas during the Civil by Kenneth W. Howell

By Kenneth W. Howell

On February 1, 1861, delegates on the Texas Secession conference elected to go away the Union. the folks of Texas supported the activities of the conference in a statewide referendum, paving the way in which for the kingdom to secede and to formally turn into the 7th kingdom within the Confederacy. quickly the Texans came upon themselves engaged in a bloody and lengthy civil struggle opposed to their northern brethren. throughout the process this struggle, the lives of millions of Texans, either old and young, have been replaced ceaselessly. This new anthology, edited by way of Kenneth W. Howell, comprises the most recent scholarly examine on how Texans skilled the struggle. Eighteen members take us from the battlefront to the house entrance, starting from contained in the partitions of a accomplice legal to contained in the houses of ladies and kids left to fend for themselves whereas their husbands and fathers have been away on far-off battlefields, and from the halls of the governor’s mansion to the halls of the county commissioner’s courtroom in Colorado County. additionally explored are recognized battles that happened in or close to Texas, comparable to the conflict of Galveston, the conflict of Nueces, the conflict of Sabine move, and the crimson River crusade. eventually, the social and cultural elements of the conflict obtain new research, together with the studies of girls, African americans, Union prisoners of struggle, and noncombatants.

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