| Contents |
Pt. I. A historical overview of Texas and the Civil War -- The impact of new studies about Texas and Texans on Civil War historiography / by Alwyn Barr -- The Civil War and the Lone Star State: a brief overview / by Archie P. McDonald -- Pt. II. The time for compromise has passed -- The impending crisis: a Texas perspective on the causes of the Civil War / by James M. Smallwood -- The Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas, 1858-1861: an analysis of the First (Military) Degree Knights / by Linda S. Hudson -- Pt. III. In sight of my enemy -- Frontier defense: enlistment patterns for the Texas frontier regiments in the Civil War / by John W. Gorman -- Reckoning at the river: Unionists and Secessionists on the Nueces, August 10, 1862 / by Mary Jo O'Rear -- Without a fight: the eighty-four-day Union occupation of Galveston, Texas / by Donald Willett -- "Nothing but disaster": the failure of Union plans to capture Texas / by Edward T. Cotham, Jr. -- Hide your daughters: the Yankees have arrived in the Coastal Bend, 1863 / by Charles D. Spurlin -- Red and White fighting the Blue: relations between Texans and Confederate Indians / by Charles D. Grear -- Defending the Lone Star: the Texas cavalry in the Red River campaign / by Gary D. Joiner -- Prison City, Camp Ford: largest Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in the Trans-Mississippi / by James M. Smallwood -- Pt. IV. Political, social, and cultural life during the war -- The Confederate governors of Texas / by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. -- "A sacred charge upon our hands": assisting the families of Confederate soldiers in Texas, 1861-1865 / by Vicki Betts -- On the edge of first freedoms: Black Texans and the Civil War / by Ronald E. Goodwin and Bruce A. Glasrud -- Feed the troops or fight the drought: the dilemma Texas beef contractors faced in 1861-1865 / by Carol Taylor -- Distress, discontent, and dissent: Colorado County, Texas, during the Civil War / by Bill Stein. |
