The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War

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On February 1, 1861, delegates at the Texas Secession Convention elected to leave the Union. The people of Texas supported the actions of the convention in a statewide referendum, paving the way for the state to secede and to officially become the seventh state in the Confederacy. Soon the Texans found themselves engaged in a bloody and prolonged civil war against their northern brethren. During the course of this war, the lives of thousands of Texans, both young and old, were changed forever. This new anthology, edited by Kenneth W. Howell, incorporates the latest scholarly research on how Texans experienced the war. Eighteen contributors take us from the battlefront to the home front, ranging from inside the walls of a Confederate prison to inside the homes of women and children left to fend for themselves while their husbands and fathers were away on distant battlefields, and from the halls of the governor’s mansion to the halls of the county commissioner’s court in Colorado County. Also explored are well-known battles that took place in or near Texas, such as the Battle of Galveston, the Battle of Nueces, the Battle of Sabine Pass, and the Red River Campaign. Finally, the social and …
Date: March 15, 2009
Creator: Howell, Kenneth W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Spartan Band: Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War

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In Spartan Band (coined from a chaplain’s eulogistic poem) author Thomas Reid traces the Civil War history of the 13th Texas Cavalry, a unit drawn from eleven counties in East Texas. The cavalry regiment organized in the spring of 1862 but was ordered to dismount once in Arkansas. The regiment gradually evolved into a tough, well-trained unit during action at Lake Providence, Fort De Russy, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry, as part of Maj. Gen. John G. Walker's Texas division in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Reid researched letters, documents, and diaries gleaned from more than one hundred descendants of the soldiers, answering many questions relating to their experiences and final resting places. He also includes detailed information on battle casualty figures, equipment issued to each company, slave ownership, wealth of officers, deaths due to disease, and the effects of conscription on the regiment’s composition. “The hard-marching, hard-fighting soldiers of the 13th Texas Cavalry helped make Walker’s Greyhound Division famous, and their story comes to life through Thomas Reid’s exhaustive research and entertaining writing style. This book should serve as a model for Civil War regimental histories.”—Terry L. Jones, author of Lee’s Tigers
Date: March 15, 2005
Creator: Reid, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 22, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 15, 1952 (open access)

The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 22, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 15, 1952

Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 15, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 9, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 24, 1999 (open access)

McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 9, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 24, 1999

Weekly student newspaper from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 24, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James W. Gee, March 13 and March 19, 1972

Interview with James W. Gee, a sales executive, a Marine Corps veteran, and a survivor of the sinking of the U.S.S. Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Gee talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), the hell ship to Japan (1944), coal mining near Nagasaki (1944-1945), and his liberation.
Date: [1972-03-13,1972-03-19]
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gee, James Wallace
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Still the Arena of Civil War: Violence and Turmoil in Reconstruction Texas, 1865/1874

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Following the Civil War, the United States was fully engaged in a bloody conflict with ex-Confederates, conservative Democrats, and members of organized terrorist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, for control of the southern states. Texas became one of the earliest battleground states in the War of Reconstruction. Throughout this era, white Texans claimed that Radical Republicans in Congress were attempting to dominate their state through “Negro-Carpetbag-Scalawag rule.” In response to these perceived threats, whites initiated a violent guerilla war that was designed to limit support for the Republican Party. They targeted loyal Unionists throughout the South, especially African Americans who represented the largest block of Republican voters in the region. Was the Reconstruction era in the Lone Star State simply a continuation of the Civil War? Evidence presented by sixteen contributors in this new anthology, edited by Kenneth W. Howell, argues that this indeed was the case. Topics include the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the occupying army, focusing on both sides of the violence. Several contributors analyze the origins of the Ku Klux Klan and its operations in Texas, how the Texas State Police attempted to quell the violence, and Tejano adjustment to Reconstruction. Other chapters …
Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Howell, Kenneth W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mei Nakano, March 18, 1995 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mei Nakano, March 18, 1995

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mei Nakano. Nakano is a Japanese-American and was an internee at the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She was born in 1924 in Olathe, Colorado. She provides detail of her life growing up in Colorado and various prejudices she received from teachers and classmates. They moved to Los Angeles, California in 1935 where she graduated from high school. She provides detail of the discrimination she and her family received in California, particularly after 7 December 1941. As notices were going out to other Japanese-American families regarding evacuation, Nakano describes her family’s preparations for the inevitable. They were evacuated by the War Relocation Authority to the Santa Anita Racetrack and in 1942 transferred to the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She provides much detail of life in these camps. Nakano returned to California after the war.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Nakano, Mei
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wolters Trumpet  (Fort Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1966 (open access)

The Wolters Trumpet (Fort Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1966

Weekly newspaper from Fort Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army and civilian personnel at Fort Wolters along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranchero. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1863 (open access)

The Ranchero. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1863

Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 19, 1863
Creator: Maltby, H. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranchero. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1863 (open access)

The Ranchero. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1863

Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 1863
Creator: Maltby, H. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 102, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1941 (open access)

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 102, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1941

Daily newspaper from Borger, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 21, 1941
Creator: Phillips, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Plane collision] (open access)

[News Script: Plane collision]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about two US Air Force officers being killed after their F-111 fighters collided, as well as a news story about a riot West Virginia penitentiary.
Date: March 21, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1941 (open access)

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1941

Daily newspaper from Borger, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 13, 1941
Creator: Phillips, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1864 (open access)

The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1864

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 9, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 8, 1862 (open access)

The Weekly Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 8, 1862

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 8, 1862
Creator: Marshall, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1861 (open access)

State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1861

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 2, 1861
Creator: Marshall, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1865 (open access)

The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1865

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 8, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1865 (open access)

The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1865

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 1, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1864 (open access)

The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1864

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 16, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 2013 (open access)

Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 2013

Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Larsen, Dave
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 5, March 1953 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 5, March 1953

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Provost Guard (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 1915 (open access)

The Provost Guard (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising for the town's civilian citizens as well as United States Army personnel stationed there.
Date: March 12, 1915
Creator: Nelson, H. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1993 (open access)

The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1993

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 18, 1993
Creator: Morales, Sgt. 1st Class Marco
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1963 (open access)

Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1963

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 15, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History