Border battles /

Border battles /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tolbert, Frank X.
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: [Dallas, Tex.] : [publisher not identified], [1959]
Subjects:
Scrapbooks > Texas > Specimens.
Texas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Liquor-filled canteens led to Yankee defeat
  • 2. Brothers-in-law headed rival armies at Valverde
  • 3. Valverde regarded cheap victory for Confederates
  • 4. Highest altitude combat occurred at Glorieta Pass
  • 5. Parson took wagon train; rebels forced to retreat
  • [6]. Writer gives case for listing Adobe Walls as Civil War site
  • 7. Indian brigade protected Texas from Union troops
  • 8. Sabine crossroads picked for battle
  • 9. Clash at Mansfield, La., ended threat to Texas
  • 10. Union sent great armada against Texans' mud fort
  • 11. Dick Dowling's small band caused Union Army's woes
  • 12. Incredible Yankee laxity let rebels set up attack
  • 13. Yankee fleet chased from Galveston
  • 14. War's last land battle was on cactus-dotted hill.