The Battles and men of the Republic of Texas
Title | The Battles and men of the Republic of Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Wyllie |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Total Pages | 600 |
Release | 2015-11-25 |
Genre | Soldiers |
ISBN | 1329715438 |
The first part of this book gives a detailed description of all the battle fought during the Texas revolution and the 10 years of the Republic of Texas. The second part of the book is a listing of all of the soldiers who fought for Texas and the battles in which they fought.
Battles and Men of the Republic of Texas
Title | Battles and Men of the Republic of Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Wyllie |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 500 |
Release | 2021-11-27 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781794767133 |
This book is a history of the men and battles of the Republic of Texas. Section One is a brief description of the battles fought during the Texas Revolution. Section Two is a brief description of the battles fought by the independent country of Texas. Section Three is an alphabetical listing of over the 10,000 men who fought for the independence of Texas and to preserve the Republic of Texas. It includes the battles they fought in and their years of service.
The Men who Made Texas Free
Title | The Men who Made Texas Free PDF eBook |
Author | Sam Houston Dixon |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Texans in Revolt
Title | Texans in Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | Alwyn Barr |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 113 |
Release | 2010-07-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0292792093 |
The first comprehensive history and analysis of the Siege of Béxar in early nineteenth-century Texas. While the battles of 1836—the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto—are well-known moments in the Texas Revolution, the battle for Béxar in the fall of 1835 is often overlooked. Yet this lengthy siege, which culminated in a Texan victory in December 1835, set the stage for those famous events and for the later revolutionary careers of Sam Houston, James Bowie, and James W. Fannin. Drawing on extensive research and on-site study around San Antonio, Alwyn Barr completely maps the ebbs and flows of the Béxar campaign for the first time. He studies the composition of the two armies and finds that they were well matched in numbers and fighting experience—revising a common belief that the Texans defeated a force four times larger. He analyzes the tactics of various officers, revealing how ambition and revolutionary politics sometimes influenced the Texas army as much as military strategy. And he sheds new light on the roles of the Texan and Mexican commanders, Stephen F. Austin and Martín Perfecto de Cos. As this excellent military history makes clear, to the famous rallying cry “Remember the Alamo!” “Remember Goliad!” should be added: “And don't forget San Antonio!” “Will most likely remain for some time the standard work on this battle. Outstanding scholarship and research are reflected in the book, including on-site study of the locale. . . . This is an important military history, and as such, it should be in all Texana collections.” —Review of Texas Books “This is a significant contribution to the study of Texas history. Texans in Revolt will be the standard work on this campaign.” —Ralph A. Wooster, Associate Vice President and Regents Professor, Lamar University
Sons of the Republic of Texas
Title | Sons of the Republic of Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Turner Publishing |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 202 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1563116030 |
The Sons of the Republic of Texas tells the story of the Republic of Texas beginning with its birth on April 21, 1836. Includes a brief history of the Sons of the Republic of Texas from 1893 to the present. The text is complemented by over 100 pages of family and ancestral biographies of members of the Sons of the Republic of Texas past and present. Indexed
The Handbook of Texas
Title | The Handbook of Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Prescott Webb |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1176 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Texas |
ISBN |
Vol. 3: A supplement, edited by Eldon Stephen Branda. Includes bibliographical references.
Washington on the Brazos
Title | Washington on the Brazos PDF eBook |
Author | Richard B. McCaslin |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | 159 |
Release | 2016-02-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625110383 |
With Washington on the Brazos: Cradle of the Texas Republic, noted historian Richard B. McCaslin recovers the history of an iconic Texas town. The story of the Texas Republic begins and ends at Washington, but the town’s history extends much further. Texas leaders gathered in the new town on the west bank of the Brazos in March 1836 to establish a new republic. After approving a declaration of independence and constitution, they fled as Santa Anna's army approached. The government of the Republic of Texas returned there in 1842, but after the United States annexed Texas in 1846, Austin replaced Washington as the capital of the Lone Star State. The town became a thriving river port in the 1850s, when steamboat cargoes paid for many new buildings. But the community steeply declined when its leaders decided to rely on steamers rather than invest in a railroad line, although German immigrants and African American residents kept the town alive. Later, Progressive Era plans for historic tourism focused the town’s central role in the Texas Republic brought renewed interest, and a state park was founded. The Texas centennial in 1936 and the hard work of citizens’ organizations beginning in the 1950s transformed this park into Washington-on-the-Brazos, the state historic site that serves today as the primary focus for preserving the history of the Republic of Texas.