Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae

by Edward T. Cotham Jr.

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Winner, Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize, Austin Civil War Round Table, 2005

In an 1882 speech, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis made an exuberant claim: "That battle at Sabine Pass was more remarkable than the battle at Thermopylae." Indeed, Sabine Pass was the site of one of the most decisive Civil War battles fought in Texas. But unlike the Spartans, who succumbed to overwhelming Persian forces at Thermopylae more than two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292705948
• ISBN13: 9780292705944
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"