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Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A : Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi by Richard G. Lowe (2004, Hardcover)
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The author makes vivid the growing challenge that confronted the Confederate cause in 1862 and gave rise to the Greyhounds. Their financial assets and casualty statistics mirrored those of Texans generally, casting doubt on the slogan "a rich mans war and a poor mans fight.".
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLSU Press
ISBN-10080712933X
ISBN-139780807129333
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038443181
Product Key Features
Book TitleWalker's Texas Division, C.S.A : Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi
Number of Pages440 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorRichard G. Lowe
Book SeriesConflicting Worlds Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight23.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-021052
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal973.7/464
SynopsisColorfully known as the Greyhound Division for its lean and speedy marches across thousands of miles in three states, Major General John G. Walker's infantry division in the Confederate army was the largest body of Texans - about 12,000 men at its formation - to serve in the American Civil War. Walker's unit remained, uniquely for either side in the conflict, a stable group of soldiers from a single state from its creation in 1862 until its disbandment at the war's end. Richard Lowe's compelling account shows how this collection of farm boys, store clerks, carpenters, and lawyers became the trans-Mississippi's most potent Confederate fighting unit, from the vain attack at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, in 1863 during Grant's Vicksburg campaign to stellar performances at the battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry that helped repel Nathaniel P. Banks's Red River campaign of 1864. that Walker's enlisted men were somewhat older, more likely to be married, and more often heads of households than their counterparts, both Rebel and Yankee. Although the Confederacy may have erred in not sending the division east of the Mississippi River to fight in larger campaigns, Lowe's book yields the poignant conclusion that the Greyhounds were content to remain where they were to shield their families from an invading enemy and the devastation of war. A skillful blending of narrative drive and demographic profiling, Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A. represents an innovative history of the period that is sure to set a new benchmark.
LC Classification NumberE580.5.W34L69 2004
