PREFACE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I
THE STATE OF TEXAS IN 1860 — UNFAVORABLE POLITICAL CONDITIONS — ELECTION OF GOVERNOR RUNNELS IN 1857 — SECESSION AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AGITATED — ELECTION OF GOVERNOR HOUSTON IN 1859 — HIS OPPOSITION TO SEPARATE STATE ACTION.

CHAPTER II
THE AGITATION AND ACTION AFTER THE ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT — CALLS UPON GOVERNOR HOUSTON TO CONVENE THE LEGISLATURE — SPEECHES FOR AND AGAINST STATE ACTION — CALL FOR A CONVENTION BY CITIZENS — GOVERNOR HOUSTON CONVENES THE LEGISLATURE — COOPERATION OF STATES ADVOCATED AS A DIVERSION FROM SEPARATE STATE ACTION — THE LEGISLATURE AND CONVENTION MEET — ORDINANCE OF SECESSION PASSED — COMMITTEE ON SAFETY APPOINTED TO TAKE THE FEDERAL PROPERTY.

CHAPTER III
THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY APPOINTS A SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH GENERAL TWIGGS — COL. BEN McCULLOCH TO RAISE A FORCE FOR SAN ANTONIO — COL. HENRY E. McCULLOCH TO RAISE A FORCE FOR THE NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER — COL. JOHN S. FORD TO RAISE A FORCE TO GO TO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE — INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN THEM, AND THEY SET ABOUT THEIR DUTIES — SECESSION SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE — DELEGATES ELECTED TO THE CONVENTION AT MONTGOMERY — GENERAL TWIGGS ISSUES AN ORDER OF SURRENDER — THANKS BY THE CONVENTION.

CHAPTER IV
CONVENTION REASSEMBLES — RETURNS OF ELECTION COUNTED — INDEPENDENCE DECLARED — GOVERNOR HOUSTON POSTS THE VOTE MARCH 4TH — PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION RATIFIED — COMMITTEE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR — HIS ANSWER — A RESOLUTION CONTINUING THE STATE GOVERNMENT — ALL OFFICERS TO TAKE OFFICIAL OATH — GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY REFUSE TO TAKE IT — ED CLARK DECLARED GOVERNOR — GOVERNOR HOUSTON RETIRES — HE PUBLISHES HIS PROTEST — EFFECT OF THE VOTE ON SECESSION — GENERAL HOUSTON DISCLAIMS INTENTION TO RESIST COLONEL WAITE — CONVENTION ADJOURNS — LEADING MEN THAT WENT TO THE ARMY.

CHAPTER V
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE — THE EXPEDITION OF COLONEL FORD TO THE RIO GRANDE-COLONEL VAN DORN COMES TO TEXAS — HE FINISHES THE CAPTURE AND SURRENDER OF FEDERAL TROOPS — THEIR EMBARKATION — OTHER COMMANDERS GO TO NEW MEXICO AND TO INDIAN TERRITORY —GOVERNOR CLARK ASSISTS IN RAISING TROOPS.

CHAPTER VI
BRIGADIER-GENERAL HEBERT ASSUMES COMMAND — TROOPS RAISED FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE COAST — THE BLOCKADE — TROOPS FOR ARKANSAS — TROOPS AT ARKANSAS POST — BATTLES OF OAK HILLS AND ELKHORN — FORCES TRANSFERRED TO MISSISSIPPI — TROOPS SENT TO TENNESSEE AND TO VIRGINIA, TO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE, AND TO NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA — ORGANIZATION OF CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT — MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ELECTED — MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR CLARK.

CHAPTER VII
FRANCIS R. LUBBOCK, GOVERNOR — HIS MESSAGE RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATION FOR RAISING TROOPS — REORGANIZATION OF THE MILITIA — MILITARY BOARD CREATED — HOSPITAL FUND — COUNTY COURT TO LEVY TAXES — EFFORT TO HAVE A NORTHEAST SUB-DISTRICT — BRIG.-GEN. H. E. McCULLOCH ASSUMES COMMAND IN IT — DIFFICULTY OF RAISING INFANTRY — CAVALRY EASILY RAISED — A NUMBER OF INFANTRY REGIMENTS SENT TO ARKANSAS AND FORM A DIVISION — CAPTURE OF ARKANSAS POST — REGIMENT SENT TO INDIAN TERRITORY — BATTLE AT POISON SPRING — TROOPS SENT TO MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE — REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS RETAINED IN TEXAS — STATE TROOPS — MARTIAL LAW — CONSCRIPTION — TROOPS FOR RIO GRANDE.

CHAPTER VIII
FRONTIER PROTECTION — GALVESTON SHELLED — CONSCRIPTION — EVACUATION OF SABINE PASS — YELLOW FEVER — EVACUATION OF GALVESTON, OCTOBER, 1862 — DEFENSE OF PORT LAVACA.

CHAPTER IX
MILITARY CONDITION EXPLAINED — GENERAL MAGRUDER ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE DISTRICT OF TEXAS — THE BATTLE OF GALVESTON — SIGNAL DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY.

CHAPTER X
A FAMOUS NAVAL EXPLOIT — CAPTURE OF FEDERAL VESSELS OFF SABINE PASS — A LADY'S DESCRIPTION — ENGAGEMENT AT LIGHTHOUSE, SABINE PASS — DEFENSE OF ST. JOSEPH'S ISLAND.

CHAPTER XI
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS FROM ARKANSAS TO NORTHERN LOUISIANA — THE ENGAGEMENTS THERE — GEN. E. KIRBY SMITH ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT — HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO SHREVEPORT — MAILS SUPERINTENDED BY DR. J. H. STARR — SABINE PASS — FEDERAL PREPARATIONS TO CAPTURE IT — SPLENDID NAVAL BATTLE IN ITS DEFENSE.

CHAPTER XII
HOME SUPPLIES BY HOME INDUSTRY — THE COLLECTION OF ARMY SUPPLIES — SALT MANUFACTURE-IRON WORKS — PENITENTIARY CLOTH — ITS DISTRIBUTION — A NEW MILITARY BOARD — PURCHASE AND IMPORTATION OF COTTON — GUNSHOPS AND ARMORY — LARGE PRISON CAMP NEAR TYLER — OPERATIONS OF MILITARY BOARD — DISPOSITION OF HOSPITAL FUND.

CHAPTER XIII
FORT BROWN EVACUATED — GENERAL BANKS' EXPEDITION ON THE TEXAS COAST — OCCUPATION OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND OTHER PORTS — DEPARTURE OF BANKS — AUGUST ELECTION, 1863 — MILITARY AND OTHER OPERATIONS CONTINUED — FRONTIER PROTECTION — EXPEDITION AGAINST THE FEDERALS ON THE RIO GRANDE — "THE LAST BATTLE OF THE WAR."

CHAPTER XIV
TEXAS TROOPS IN SERVICE IN OTHER SOUTHERN STATES — THE BATTLES OF SHILOH, VICKSBURG AND CHICKAMAUGA — TEXAS TROOPS IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS — ENGAGEMENTS AT CAMP BISLAND, BERWICK'S BAY, FORDOCHE, BAYOU BOURBEAUX, MANSFIELD, PLEASANT HILL AND JENKINS' FERRY.

CHAPTER XV
TEXAS TROOPS IN ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA MOVE SOUTHWARD — CHANGES AND PROMOTIONS — NO MORE BATTLES — CAMP GRICE — NEWS OF THE SURRENDER OF GEN. R. E. LEE — GENERALS KIRBY SMITH, MAGRUDER AND FORNEY ADDRESS THE SOLDIERS — THE "BREAK UP" AND TRAVEL HOME — SURRENDER — ITS TERMS — TEXAS GENERALS AND COLONELS — ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON A TEXAS OFFICER.

CHAPTER XVI
THE TEXAS CITIZEN SOLDIER — HIS EDUCATION AS A SOLDIER — INDIAN FIGHTS — EARLY COMBATS IN TEXAS AND MEXICO — THE TEXAS YELL — ITS EFFECT — A STATUE OF A TEXAS SOLDIER — THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES — THE TWO RECONSTRUCTIONS — THE PRESENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT — HOW ANOTHER WAR MAY BE AVERTED.

APPENDIX

A SUPPLEMENTAL ACCOUNT OF THE SERVICE OF TEXAS COMMANDS OUTSIDE THAT STATE — COMPILED FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS.

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