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- catalog abstract ""Walker's Texas Division, the only one on either side to consist during its entire existence of regiments from a single state, was the largest single body of Texans to fight in the Civil War. The regiments of the division were raised in the winter and spring of 1862, but the Texans' first engagement with Federal forces came more than a year later, during the Vicksburg compaign. The division's most important contribution to the Confederate war effort was its leading role in the struggle to turn back the Federal Red River campaign in the spring of 1864. The Greyhounds measured up to their reputation that spring, marching nine hundred miles in two months, fighting hard in three important battles, and losing nearly 40 percent of their number in killed, wounded, and missing in only three weeks. The Confederate victory in the Red River valley not only ended further Federal attempts to penetrate Texas, it also prevented Union divisions from joining Gen. William T. Sherman's critical Atlanta campaign and freed up Confederate troops to join the fight against Sherman in north Georgia, prolonging the war perhaps another six months." -- Pref.".
- catalog contributor b13247042.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories.".
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Walker's Texas Division, the only one on either side to consist during its entire existence of regiments from a single state, was the largest single body of Texans to fight in the Civil War. The regiments of the division were raised in the winter and spring of 1862, but the Texans' first engagement with Federal forces came more than a year later, during the Vicksburg compaign. The division's most important contribution to the Confederate war effort was its leading role in the struggle to turn back the Federal Red River campaign in the spring of 1864. The Greyhounds measured up to their reputation that spring, marching nine hundred miles in two months, fighting hard in three important battles, and losing nearly 40 percent of their number in killed, wounded, and missing in only three weeks. The Confederate victory in the Red River valley not only ended further Federal attempts to penetrate Texas, it also prevented Union divisions from joining Gen. William T. Sherman's critical Atlanta campaign and freed up Confederate troops to join the fight against Sherman in north Georgia, prolonging the war perhaps another six months." -- Pref.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-330) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Joining up -- Off to Arkansas -- The folks at home -- Walker's greyhounds -- Milliken's Bend -- The dismal summer of 1863 -- Bayou Bourbeau -- Winter on the river -- A Long retreat -- Mansfield and Pleasant Hill -- Jenkins' Ferry -- The breakup -- Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 339 p. :".
- catalog identifier "080712933X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Conflicting worlds".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog subject "973.7/464 22".
- catalog subject "Confederate States of America. Army. Walker's Texas Division.".
- catalog subject "E580.5.W34 L69 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Joining up -- Off to Arkansas -- The folks at home -- Walker's greyhounds -- Milliken's Bend -- The dismal summer of 1863 -- Bayou Bourbeau -- Winter on the river -- A Long retreat -- Mansfield and Pleasant Hill -- Jenkins' Ferry -- The breakup -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A. : greyhounds of the trans-Mississippi / Richard Lowe.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".