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...
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 th...
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...
The outbreak of war in Europe in the summer of 1914 surprised Americans. Although most hoped to avoid involvement in the conflict, the German submarin...
