"An Arch Rebel Like Myself": Dan Showalter and the Civil War in California and Texas

by Gene C Armistead and Robert D Arconti

Dan Showalter was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West among the pro-Union press. He gained notoriety as the survivor of California's last political (and actual, fatal) duel, for his role in the display of a Confederate flag in Sacramento, and for his imprisonment after an armed confrontation with Union troops.

Escaping to Texas, he distinguished himself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476674612
• ISBN13: 9781476674612
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher