Texas, the Dark Corner of the Confederacy: Contemporary Accounts of the Lone Star State in the Civil WarB. P. Gallaway U of Nebraska Press, 1994 M01 1 - 286 pages In the summer of 1863 Kate Stone, a twenty-two-year-old refugee from Louisiana, wrote that in Texas she had certainly found "a dark corner of the Confederacy."øExcerpts from her diary are among the forty documents dating from the eve of the Civil War to the collapse of the Confederacy, by civilians as well as soldiers in all parts of the state, that make up this lively and informative collection. |
Contents
The Texas Coast | 4 |
Recollections of a North Texas Boyhood | 23 |
Three Counties on the Sabine | 72 |
David Twiggss Surrender of U S Army Posts in Texas | 79 |
Confederate Military Operations Along the Texas Coast | 172 |
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