Confederate cavalry operating in the Trans-Mississippi during the Civil War has received little scholarly attention; partially because of the paucity of written resources that survived the conflict. While there are a few published letter collections and a handful of memoirs; little is known of the troopers' daily activities. With the publication of the order book of Parsons's Brigade; a compilation of the original daily orders preserved by members of the brigade following the Civil War; the story of these horsemen comes to light. The Texans were on the move daily; skirmishing or scouting with Union cavalry from the time they arrived in Arkansas in 1862 until the time they returned to Texas in 1865. As cavalrymen; they endured a life of privation and hardship; sleeping in the muddy bayous of northeastern Louisiana or along the banks of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. For the first time the reader can follow the everyday life of a Texas cavalryman as he served the Confederacy faithfully in a losing cause.
#3795791 in Books 2006-04-30Original language:English 8.75 x 6.00 x .75l; #File Name: 1885033338281 pages
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