Between the Enemy and Texas: Parsons's Texas Cavalry in the Civil WarTexas Christian University Press, 1989 - 357 pages Much of the Civil War west of the Mississippi was a war of waiting for action, of foraging already stripped land for an army that supposedly could provision itself, and of disease in camp, while trying to hold out against Union pressure. There were none of the major engagements that characterized the conflict farther east. Instead, small units of Confederate cavalry and infantry skirmished with Federal forces in Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana, trying to hold the western Confederacy together. The many units of Texans who joined this fight had a second objective -- to keep the enemy out of their home state by placing themselves "between the enemy and Texas." Historian Anne J. Bailey studies one Texas unit, Parsons's Cavalry Brigade, to show how the war west of the Mississippi was fought. Historian Norman D. Brown calls this "the definitive study of Parsons's Cavalry Brigade; the story will not need to be told again." Exhaustively researched and written with literary grace, Between the Enemy and Texas is a "must" book for anyone interested in the role of mounted troops in the Trans-Mississippi Department. |
Contents
A Healthy Bunch of Scrappers ཀ | 3 |
A Fightin Preacher and His Unruly Flock | 17 |
If You Want to Have a Good Time Gine | 35 |
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Anderson April Arkansas Post August Austin battery battle Bayou Burford camp Campaigning with Parsons Captain captured Civil War Letters Colonel Parsons command Compiled Service Record Confederate Armies Curtis Dallas Herald dismounted Eighth Census Ellis County enemy Federal fighting force Frazier Frederick Steele George Ingram George W Giddings Heartsill Helena Henry Orr hereafter cited Hindman horses Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph ibid infantry Ingram to Martha James John Johnson County joined July June Kirby Smith Lieutenant Colonel Little Rock Louisiana Magruder March Marmaduke Martha Ingram McClernand McNeil military Missouri Morgan's Muster Rolls Nineteenth Texas November October officers Orr to Father Parsons's brigade Pine Bluff Porter Press raid Red River Campaign Report Richard Taylor Samuel scout Shreveport Southern Special Order Book squadron Sterling Price T. H. Holmes Texans Texas Cavalry Brigade Texas State Archives Trans-Mississippi troops Twelfth Texas Twenty-first Texas Union Vicksburg Walker Walton Waxahachie Wharton wounded wrote Yellow Bayou Zuber