"Texas and the Civil War: New Perspectives (Volume 4)" Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 Jun 2026 1:24 p.m. PST |
"When considering Texas in the Civil War, the traditional consensus among historians has been that the conflict had relatively little effect on the people at home. With no major military operations in the state, slavery remained untouched, food remained plentiful, towns stood undestroyed, and lives proceeded as they had before the war for most people. The development of social history in Texas studies over the last two decades has shown, however, that the war produced disruptions beyond the obvious end of slavery in the state. Carl H. Moneyhon tests the generalization that Texans emerged from the Civil War relatively unscathed. There is no question that Texas never saw large armies march across the landscape destroying farms, plantations, and towns in their path. Does that mean, however, that Texans paid no price for going to war?…"
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 doc mcb  | 29 Jun 2026 3:56 p.m. PST |
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 Choctaw | 30 Jun 2026 6:24 a.m. PST |
The Texans along the Red River west of Grayson County voted primarily to stay in the Union and were subjected to horrific Comanche and Kiowa raids throughout the war. The frontier moved 100 miles eastward during the war years. |
| doc mcb | 30 Jun 2026 7:26 a.m. PST |
The Comanche were supreme opportunists. |
 Grelber | 30 Jun 2026 3:05 p.m. PST |
One of my ancestors went to Texas and disappeared. Grelber |
| Tango01 | 30 Jun 2026 5:22 p.m. PST |
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| 35thOVI | 01 Jul 2026 6:03 a.m. PST |
Some connections to Texas. My original relative on father's side came to the U.S. in 1750 and moved to NC. Had multiple sons and daughters. One of the sons moved to Texas while still under Mexico. (One of his offshoots was even at San Jacinto). 2 of his many "offshoots" fought with Terry's Texas Rangers. Many of the original founder's, children went north to Indiana when it first started to be settled (including mine) and eventually spread over the MidWest . Some stayed in NC. The point? Some fought for NC, obviously at least 2 for Texas, many for Indiana and some in Illinois, (maybe at least 2 in Ohio) and one Iowa, in the Civil War. So very much a civil war in the family, cousin against cousin. |
| Tango01 | 01 Jul 2026 5:38 p.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 03 Jul 2026 2:06 p.m. PST |
Well, I know some Germans in the Hill country that are still nursing grudges about CSA conscription. |
| Tango01 | 03 Jul 2026 6:11 p.m. PST |
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