Spartan Band: Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War

by Thomas Reid and Thomas Reid

Book Overview

In Spartan Band (coined from a chaplain's eulogistic poem) author Thomas Reid traces the Civil War history of the 13th Texas Cavalry, a unit drawn from eleven counties in East Texas. The cavalry regiment organized in the spring of 1862 but was ordered to dismount once in Arkansas. The regiment gradually evolved into a tough, well-trained unit during action at Lake Providence, Fort De Russy, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry, as part of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574413015
• ISBN13: 9781574413014
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"