Author: Joan Green Lawrence
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Languages : en
Pages : 489

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Author: United Confederate Veterans Texas Division: Madison County Genealogical Society
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 91

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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Author: Stephen Chicoine
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786464186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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Texas was the South's frontier in the antebellum period. The vast new state represented the hope and future of many Southern cotton planters. As a result, Texas changed tremendously during the 1850s as increasing numbers of Southern planters moved westward to settle. Planters brought with them large numbers of slaves to plant, cultivate and pick the valuable cash crop; by 1860, slaves made up 30 percent of the total Texas population. No state in the South grew nearly as fast as Texas during this decade, and as the booming economy for cotton led the economic development, the state became increasingly embroiled in the national debate about whether slavery should exist within a democratic republic dedicated to the freedom and independence of man. This work is centered on the role played by the town of Chappell Hill during this portion of Texas history. It offers details about the area's pre-war prosperity as a center of wealth, influence and aristocracy and describes the angry fervor of the period leading up to the war. Men of this small town played a role in many of the major campaigns and battles of the war, and their motivations for enlisting and their tales of duty are included here. Through excerpts from their correspondence and journals, the book emphasizes personal experiences of the soldiers. Post-war adventures are also offered as the author explores Texas resistance to Federal occupation, the town's yellow fever epidemic and a period of reconciliation as aging veterans gather at Blue-Gray reunions to reunite the nation.

Author: United Daughters of the Confederacy. Texas Division
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Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Author: United Confederate Veterans. Texas Division. Camp Abilene, No. 72 (Taylor County, Tex.)
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
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The Confederate Veterans Association collection consists of two ledgers of the Abilene, Texas Camp No. 72. The first is a membership book dating from initial organization of the local association in 1892 to 1895. A roster of 94 members from the Abilene-Taylor County area of West Texas and dating to July 1892 is pasted to the front cover of the book. The first pages list name, rank, current age at time of membership, company regiment, service date, brigade, army, whether wounded and whether a prisoner or not, where born and name of the state where the individual enlisted. Notes of service include such information as "Was captured on British Steamer" or "Paroled at Vicksburg." The minutes in this first ledger are dated May 2, 1895. The second ledger contains minutes of monthly meetings and a membership roster dating from 1902 to 1922. Many of the later meetings were held at the Abilene Carnegie Library Hall and included entertainment provided by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Newspaper clippings glued onto some pages document the activities of the organization.

Author: Joan Green Lawrence
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Category : Dickens County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 694

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Author: United Daughters of the Confederacy. Texas Division
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: United Confederate Veterans. Texas Division. John B. Hood Camp No. 103
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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