
Moss Bluff Rebel
A Texas Pioneer in the Civil War
Texas A&M University Press(Author)
Texas A & M University Press
Published on 28. February 2009
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-60344-089-9 (ISBN)
Description
'I was not willing, but finally agreed...' So wrote Texas pioneer cattle drover William Berry Duncan in his March 1862 diary entry, the day he joined the Confederate Army. Despite his misgivings, Duncan left his prosperous business to lead neighbors and fellow volunteers as commanding officer of cavalry Company F of Spaight's Eleventh Battalion which later became the 21st Texas Infantry in America's Civil War. Philip Caudill's rich account - drawn from Duncan's previously untapped diaries and letters, written by candlelight on the Gulf Coast cattle trail to New Orleans, in Confederate Army camps, and on his southeast Texas farm after the war - reveals the personable Duncan as a man of steadfast integrity and extraordinary leadership. After the war, he returned to his home in Liberty County and battled for survival on the chaotic Reconstruction-era Texas frontier. Supplemented by archival records and complementary accounts, Moss Bluff Rebel paints a picture of everyday life for the Anglo-Texans who settled the Mexican land grants in the early nineteenth century and subsequently became citizens of the proudly independent Texas Republic.
"Moss Bluff Rebel" will appeal to history lovers of all ages who are attracted to the drama of the Civil War period and interested in the stories of the men and women who shaped the Texas frontier.
"Moss Bluff Rebel" will appeal to history lovers of all ages who are attracted to the drama of the Civil War period and interested in the stories of the men and women who shaped the Texas frontier.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
College Station
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
7 b&w photos, 3 maps, bib., index
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
555 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60344-089-9 (9781603440899)
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PHILIP CAUDILL wrote Moss Bluff Rebel after a thirty-five year career in business and public affairs in the United States and Europe. He holds Master's degrees in history and journalism and explores Texas from his home in The Woodlands.