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Portraits of Conflict

A Photographic History of Tennessee in the Civil War

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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Portraits of Conflict

A Photographic History of Tennessee in the Civil War

By: Richard B. McCaslin

A uniquely rich portrayal of Tennesseans who fought and lost their lives in the Civil War is presented in this collection of stories and portraits that are joined with personal remembrances from recovered letters and diaries and detailed historical background.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557288313

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9781557288318

Sutherland Springs, Texas

Saratoga on the Cibolo

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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Sutherland Springs, Texas

Saratoga on the Cibolo

By: Richard B. McCaslin

In Sutherland Springs, Texas, Richard B. McCaslin explores the rise and fall of this rural community near San Antonio primarily through the lens of its aspirations to become a resort spa town, because of its mineral water springs, around the turn of the twentieth century. Texas real estate developers, initially more interested in oil, brought Sutherland Springs to its peak as a resort in the early twentieth century, but failed to transform the farming settlement into a resort town. The decline in water tables during the late twentieth century reduced the mineral water flows, and the town faded. Sutherland Springs’s history thus provides great insights into the importance of water in shaping settlement. Beyond the story of resort spa aspirations lies a history of the community and its people itself. McCaslin provides a complete history of Sutherland Springs from early settlement through Civil War and into the twentieth century, its agricultural and oil-drilling exploits alongside its mineral water appeal, as well as a complete community history of the various settlers and owners of the springs/hotel.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574416731

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9781574416732

At the Heart of Texas

One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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At the Heart of Texas

One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997

By: Richard B. McCaslin

History like that of Texas is rare. . . . Is it not discreditable to the people of Texas, that they should leave the collection of material for the history of the State to the great endowed Northern libraries? . . . Let Texas arouse herself for very shame, and begin at once the discharge of her filial duty." So wrote George Pierce Garrison in the first issue of the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, published in July 1897, just months after the establishment of the organization on March 2. The state of Texas was just half a century old; the city of Austin, going back to the days of the Republic, was a little older—a few years past its half-century; and the University of Texas, where Garrison was "the history professor," was not yet fourteen. Earlier attempts to organize historical societies in Texas, traced in the opening chapter, illuminate the factors that came ultimately to be decisive in the success of the Association: the wisdom in linking the organization with the University of Texas, the inclusion of lay historians, and the continued insistence on high academic standards. And, from the beginning, the Association has established a tradition for publishing in the Quarterly, in addition to the Anglo story, the stories of the Indians, the Spanish, and the French. According to author Richard B. McCaslin, "It may be that the Association survived where its predecessors had not because Garrison, who was as much a Progressive historian as any of his contemporaries, understood the value of inclusiveness." The text is organized in chronological chapters by the tenures of the seven directors, George Garrison to Ron Tyler, all of whom were professors in the UT history department. Within the larger framework of the directors, the programs, and the publications, McCaslin gives shape to the unique interaction of forces—university, political, and the academic/lay membership—that has accorded the Association a character and suppleness that continues to ensure its long endurance. The book is profusely illustrated, and sidebars culled from past issues of the Quarterly complement the text. Winner of the Award of Merit from the Philosophical Socierty of Texas

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Texas A&M University Press

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0876112645

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9780876112649

Washington on the Brazos

Cradle of the Texas Republic

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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Washington on the Brazos

Cradle of the Texas Republic

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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.

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217

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Texas A&M University Press

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1625110383

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9781625110381

Lee In the Shadow of Washington

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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LSU Press

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0807155543

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9780807155547

Fighting Stock

John S. "Rip" Ford of Texas

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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Fighting Stock

John S. "Rip" Ford of Texas

By: Richard B. McCaslin

In Fighting Stock, Richard B. McCaslin illuminates numerous facets of Ford’s life typically overshadowed by emphasis on his identity as Ranger and soldier in nineteenth-century Texas. In this third volume of the Texas Biography Series, published by TCU Press and The Center for Texas Studies, McCaslin reveals Ford as a man spurred on by the legacy of his nation-building grandfathers and his own strong convictions and energy to become a force in shaping Texas as a Southern state before and after the Civil War. Ford’s battles as a Ranger, and as a leader of Texas’ military forces allied with the Confederacy, were only part of his legacy in Texas history. He was also a physician, lawyer, and the editor of several newspapers, and among his many roles in politics and civil service were multiple terms as a state legislator and the mayoralty of Austin and Brownsville. Later in life, he fought to preserve Texas history and wrote his own extensive memoirs. Known for his courage and toughness as a military commander, Ford was also a talented strategist, diplomat, and community leader. McCaslin’s in-depth historical detail paints a full picture of this famous Texan, a fighter not only on the battlefield, but on the civic and political fields as well.

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Texas A&M University Press

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0875657516

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9780875657516

A Photographic History of South Carolina in the Civil War

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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A Photographic History of South Carolina in the Civil War

By: Richard B. McCaslin

With over 240 photographs, maps, and related documents, McCaslin details the physical and spiritual suffering of the ordinary recruit in his fight for his country, its land, and his family's way of life.

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University of Arkansas Press

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155728363X

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9781557283634

Texas Ranger Captain William L. Wright

By: Richard McCaslin

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Texas Ranger Captain William L. Wright

By: Richard McCaslin

William L. Wright (1868-1942) was born to be a Texas Ranger, and hard work made him a great one. Wright tried working as a cowboy and farmer, but it did not suit him. Instead, he became a deputy sheriff and then a Ranger in 1899, battling a mob in the Laredo Smallpox Riot, policing both sides in the Reese-Townsend Feud, and winning a gunfight at Cotulla. His need for a better salary led him to leave the Rangers and become a sheriff. He stayed in that office longer than any of his predecessors in Wilson County, keeping the peace during the so-called Bandit Wars, investigating numerous violent crimes, and surviving being stabbed on the gallows by the man he was hanging. When demands for Ranger reform peaked, he was appointed as a captain and served for most of the next twenty years, retiring in 1939 after commanding dozens of Rangers. Wright emerged unscathed from the Canales investigation, enforced Prohibition in South Texas, and policed oil towns in West Texas, as well as tackling many other legal problems. When he retired, he was the only Ranger in service who had worked under seven governors. Wright has also been honored as an inductee into the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame at Waco.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574418556

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Lee In the Shadow of Washington

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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At the Heart of Texas

One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997

By: Richard B. McCaslin

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One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997

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Portraits of Conflict

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Sutherland Springs, Texas

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At the Heart of Texas

At the Heart of Texas

Washington on the Brazos

Washington on the Brazos

Lee In the Shadow of Washington

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Fighting Stock

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A Photographic History of South Carolina in the Civil War

A Photographic History of South Carolina in the Civil War

Texas Ranger Captain William L. Wright

Texas Ranger Captain William L. Wright

Lee In the Shadow of Washington

Lee In the Shadow of Washington

At the Heart of Texas

At the Heart of Texas

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