SIGNED - TEXAS BURIAL SITES OF CIVIL WAR NOTABLES - FIRST EDITION

Description: TEXAS BURIAL SITES OF CIVIL WAR NOTABLES A BIOGRAPHICAL AND PICTORIAL FIELD GUIDE BY JAMES A. MUNDIE, JR, BRUCE S. ALLARDICE, DEAN E. LETZRING, AND JOHN H. LUCKEY FOREWORD BY JERRY D. THOMPSON SIGNED BY ALL FOUR AUTHORS FIRST EDITION FINE CONDITION BOOK IN FINE CONDITION DUST JACKET Original, Clean, Sharp, Bright, Solidly Bound Book Loaded with Photographs; Fully Referenced and Indexed Contains a Bibliography and 14 Appendices PUBLISHED BY HILL COLLEGE PRESS, HILLSBORO, TEXAS, IN 2002 Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables is the compelling and comprehensive story of those Texans who played leading roles in the American Civil War. The product of years of research by a quartet of authors, Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables features 640 of the most “notable” Civil War era leaders who are buried in Texas. The men and women covered, both Unionist and confederates, include politicians, generals, naval officers, authors and civilians. A biography is given for each individual, along with directions to where he or she is buried. It is lavishly illustrated with superb photos of the tombstones and grave sites. The book covers people in 290 cemeteries, in 131 counties, in every region of Texas. Among the “notables” is “The Raven,” Sam Houston, Texas’ George Washington. Sam Houston opposed secession and, as governor, did more than any other public official in the South to keep his state in the Union. Despite his opposition, Texas seceded, and the secessionist forced him out of office. Texas hero Dick Dowling, a Houston saloonkeeper of Irish birth, won fame for his defense of Sabine Pass. Lieutenant Dowling and his 43 men repulsed a major Union invasion of Texas, in a battle often referred to as the “Thermopylae of the Civil War.” Confederate President Jefferson Davis honored Dowling and his men with the only official medal for valor awarded by the Confederacy during the war. The highest-ranking general killed during the war, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston; the highest ranking Hispanic Confederate, Laredo’s Santos Benavides: Lee McNelly, perhaps the most famous Texas Ranger of all time Union spy Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye; Richard King, who founded the vast King Ranch; colorful gunfighter Dallas Stoudenmire; Union general and Reconstruction Governor Edmund J. Davis; and hundreds of others, famous and infamous, can be found in the valuable work. Texas Burial Sites of the Civil War Notables is the first illustrated field guide ever published of the burial places of the state’s Civil War leaders. Historian and author Jerry Thompson calls it “a compelling and creative work that is certain to deepen our understanding off Texas’ place in the Confederacy and in the nation.” With a scope and scholarship unique in Civil War historiography, it will engage and entertain the casual reader, the Civil War historia and the genealogist alike. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This original, first edition book is signed by all four authors and is in excellent condition. It comes in the original dust jacket that is sharp, bright and clean and in excellent condition as well. The book is clean, sharp and bright with no wear. It has solid binding throughout. The pages are clean and in excellent, bright white condition. The author’s signatures are strong and clear. Aside from the signatures, the book has no other writing in it. It has no smudging, foxing, stamps, pasteboards or other markings. It is not an ex-library book. The book is loaded with photographs. The book also has 14 Appendices. The book contains a bibliography; it is fully referenced and indexed. 414 pages. An excellent condition, original, first edition, book signed by all four authors. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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