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From the bitter disputes over secession to the ways in which the conflict would be remembered, Texas and Texans were caught up in the momentous struggles of the American Civil War.

Tens of thousands of Texans joined military units, and scarcely a household in the state was unaffected as mothers and wives assumed new roles in managing farms and plantations. Still others grappled with the massive social, political, and economic changes wrought by the bloodiest conflict in American history.

The sixteen essays (eleven of them new) from some of the leading historians in the field in the...

Several years ago, while writing the entry for Texas in World War II for the "New Handbook of Texas," Ralph Wooster was struck by the fact that no overall study of Texas and Texans in the second world war had been written. While a number of articles and monographs have been published concerning individual Texans and groups of Texans (such as the 36th Division and the "Lost Battalion"), he could find no published work that covered the activities of all Texans both at home and abroad during the war. Since his military service 50 years ago, Wooster has continued to be interested in the second...

The outbreak of war in Europe in the summer of 1914 surprised Americans. Although most hoped to avoid involvement in the conflict, the German submarine campaign against shipping in the north Atlantic brought the United States into the war in April 1917, as an ally of the British, French, Italians, and Russians. Before World War I ended in November 1918, the United States mobilized over four million men and suffered over 350,000 casualties, including 120,000 who were killed in action or died from disease; 200,000 Texans served in the American armed forces during what contemporaries called "the...

Dr. Ralph A. Wooster has written extensively on the Civil War and "Lone Star Regiments in Gray," is his third book from Eakin Press that chronicles the involvement of Texans in the Civil War. In this book he documents the organization, leadership, and combat experiences of each of the seventy-eight regiments from Texas that served in the Confederate army. Also included is a history of the thirty-five Confederate artillery batteries from Texas. Dr. Wooster is a past president of the Texas State Historical Association and the East Texas Historical Association. He spent his academic career at...