Category: Texas
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A Diet of Rats and Mules
“Rats, of which there were plenty about the deserted camps, were also caught by many officers and men, and were found to be quite a luxury–superior, in the opinion of those who eat them, to spring chicken,” wrote Howard C Wright, a New Orleans newspaperman and current soldier in the 30th Louisiana Infantry a couple…
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“Mud Fort” at Sabine Pass
Driving east to Louisiana Civil War sites from Galveston last week I still had Confederate General, “Prince John” B. Magruder on my mind. Hoping to see more ocean/river than tourist streets/restaurants I was eager to explore https://thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/sabine-pass-battleground I was not disappointed. Just as before-the-Civil War, I was greeted with the confluence of railroad to move…
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Four Die-Hard Texas Family Lines Sign Up for the Texas Civil War
Mom, in 2007, sent me a photo of a Civil War soldier with the note: “Who is this person?” In finding the answer (Marquis Delcassas Frie, her great grandfather) I discovered that her Hill, Howeth, Fry, and Williams families arrived shortly after the Texas Revolution and received land grants in the new Republic. They and…
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Spurs on a Cotton-Clad
“Veterans of the New Mexico desert and mountains, the wild Texas cavalrymen sharpshooters needed no urging,” in the wee hours of the morning of New Year’s Day 1863. Where? Galveston Island. Specifically, Kuhn’s Wharf (now Fisherman’s wharf). Sibley/Green’s 7th Texas Cavalry had vengeance, not pleasure on their minds. My 2greatgrandUncle George M. Hill, and his…
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