Texas in the Civil War: A Résumé HistoryAshcraft, Allan Coleman
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Texas in the Civil War: A Résumé History
Ashcraft, Allan Coleman
Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
119. Terrell, “Terry’s Texas Rangers” in Wooten, _A Comprehensive
History of Texas_, II, pp. 689-94. J. K. P. Blackburn, _Reminiscences of
the Terry Rangers_ (Austin: n.p., 1919), pp. 71-74.
120. Henderson, _Texas in the Confederacy_, p. xi.
121. Wooten, _A Comprehensive History of Texas_, II, p. 571. Lester N.
Fitzhugh [compiled by], _Texas Batteries, Battalions, Regiments,
Commanders and Field Officers Confederate States Army 1861-1865_
(Midlothian, Texas: Mirror Press, 1959).
122. Dolan to Hurlbut, Apr. 3, 1865, _O.R._, 48, pt. 2, p. 17.
123. General Order No. 10, Feb. 13, 1865, _ibid._, pt. 1, pp. 1385-86.
124. James Ford Rhodes, _History of the United States From the
Compromise of 1850_ (New York: The MacMillan Co., 1912-28), V, p. 378.
125. General Order No. 32, Apr. 3, 1865, _O.R._, II, 8, p. 466. General
Order No. 42, Apr. 27, 1865, _ibid._, 48, pt. 2, pp. 1287-88.
126. Proclamation to the People of Texas, Apr. 27, 1865, Executive
Record Book, No. 280, [_sic_], pp. 12-13.
127. Report of Bell, _O.R._, 48, pt. 2, pp. 398-403. Magruder to Boggs,
Apr. 29, 1865 quoted in A. B. Booth, “Louisiana Confederate Military
Records” in _Louisiana Historical Quarterly_, IV, No. 3, July, 1921, p.
371.
128. Yeary, _Reminiscences_, pp. 44, 217. Frank C. Pierce, _A Brief
History of the Rio Grande Valley_ (Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta
Publishing Co., 1917), pp. 52-54. Florence J. Scott, _Old Rough and
Ready on the Rio Grande_ (San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1935), p.
113.
129. After these negotiations were concluded, Kirby Smith, Murrah, and a
number of other leaders left for Mexico.
130. _Tri-Weekly Telegraph_ (Houston), June 20, 1865.
131. Sheridan to Rawlins, Nov. 14, 1866, _O.R._, 48, pt. 1, pp. 297-303.
William A. Ganoe, _The History of the United States Army_ (New York: D.
Appleton and Co., 1924), p. 299.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
These are selected richer sources of the hundreds of books and documents
pertaining to Texas and the Civil War.
MANUSCRIPTS
_Executive Record Books_ and _Governor’s Letters_ (both in Texas State
Archives) contain extensive correspondence and records relating to the
problems of managing the state during the war.
REPRODUCED COPIES OF MANUSCRIPTS
_Collection of the Papers of Edmund Kirby Smith._ Folder No. 37-53
(1863-1866). Microfilm in Texas Collection, The University of Texas
Library, original at University of North Carolina. Selected military
problems of the departmental commander.
Oldham, W. S., _Memoirs, 1861-1867_. The University of Texas Archives.
Rich comments by Texas’ crusty Confederate Senator.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
_Eighth Census of the United States._ Government Printing Office,
Washington, 1864. Statistics of 1860 Texas.
_Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861._ Edited by Ernest W.
Winkler. Austin Printing Co., Austin, 1912. Documentary coverage of the
convention’s work.
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