"Won't we never get out of this state?" : western soldiers in post-civil war Texas, 1865-1866 /

After the Civil War, the government needed to send an occupation force into Texas to help rebuild the state government and confront the French Imperialist forces that had invaded Mexico. Unfortunately, the government was required to use volunteers because the Regular Army was not yet prepared to han...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Beall, Jonathan Andrew, 1978-
Other Authors:	Dawson, Joseph G. (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University], [2005]
Subjects:	Major history. Reconstruction Civil War citizen soldiers Texas history military occupation
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy