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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