San Antonio College Library

Robert S. Weddle weaves the letters exchanged between Americus Leonidas Nelms and his wife Minerva Jane--his maternal grandparents--during the Civil War into a narrative about the Civil War itself. He resists the temptation to make it a family story, offering evidence of heroism and self-sacrifice by those whose forebears served in the Confederacy. The Civil War story, from whatever angle it is viewed, is one of pathos, suffering, and tragedy. It...

In-depth look at the formation, travels and battles engaged in by the 2nd Texas Infantry.

The Trans-Mississippi in the Civil War has been largely neglected and Terrell's Texas Cavalry contains some fine research in this area. The book is an excellent history of the Texas Calvalry Regiments of Terrell, Likens, Buchel, and Herbert who served in Texas and fought General Banks in the Louisiana Red River Campaign. Without them the Confederates could not have turned back General Banks.