A Force to Be Reckoned With: (A History of Granbury's Texas Infantry Brigade 1861-1865) Contributor(s): Sessums, Danny M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0989783898 ISBN-13: 9780989783897 Publisher: Cactus Rose Press OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
Series: Volume |
Physical Information: 1.41" H x 6" W x 9" (2.03 lbs) 636 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: By the Spring of '63, the Texans who had been prisoners of war finally reentered service. The men must have believed the specter of prison life could not be exceeded. Soon, though, their service as a part of Granbury's Texas Infantry Brigade would surpass even the horrific cost they had paid as POWs... What began as a number of mediocre military organizations, through a costly series of trials, ultimately was transformed to become a premier brigade in perhaps the finest division of the Army of Tennessee. Somewhere close to ten and one thousand men from Texas enlisted in units that formed the bulk of Granbury's Infantry Brigade, yet by war's end, somewhat less than five hundred would survive to be surrendered. Not many units could point to a more illustrious record, or a greater loss ratio than they suffered in the war. |