Why Texans Fought in the Civil War

Name: Why Texans Fought in the Civil War
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ISBN: 9781603448093

ISBN-10: 1603448098

ISBN-13: 9781603448093

Edition: N/A

Authors: Charles David Grear

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InWhy Texans Fought in the Civil War, Charles David Grear provides insights into what motivated Texans to fight for the Confederacy. Mining important primary sources—including thousands of letters and unpublished journals—he affords readers the opportunity to hear, often in the combatants’ own words, why it was so important to them to engage in tumultuous struggles occurring so far from home.As Grear notes, in the decade prior to the Civil War the population of Texas had tripled. The state was increasingly populated by immigrants from all parts of the South and foreign countries. When the war began, it was not just Texas that many of these soldiers enlisted to protect, but also their native…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English