Frontier Defense in the Civil War: Texas' Rangers and Rebels

by David Paul Smith

Book Overview

Texans faced two foes as the Civil War began in 1861: the Union armed forces and the Plains Indians. In this breakthrough volume, David Paul Smith demonstrates that through the efforts of the Home Guard and the Texas Rangers, the Texas frontier held its own during the eventful war years, in spite of a number of factors that could easily have overwhelmed it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089096484X
• ISBN13: 9780890964842
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"