Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division.
Item #51307
(TEXAS REGIMENTAL). [BLESSINGTON, Joseph P.]. The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division. By a Private Soldier. New York: Published for the Author, 1875. 1st ed., 314 pp. Orig. cloth. Some soiling to cloth, wear to spine, chipping at head and foot of spine, corners bumped, else a very good copy. HOWES B-533. Blessington served in the 16th Texas Infantry. "This is the only complete history of the largest single unit of Texas troops in the Civil War, the only division in the Confederate army composed of troops from a single state. Raines called it 'one of the best war histories written, as to the Texas troops.' The unit served primarily in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and was the backbone of the Confederate forces of the Trans-Mississippi West. Its major contributions were in opposition to Gen. N.P. Banks' invasion of Louisiana, especially at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Jenkins' Ferry, and Milliken's Bend." Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, p. 17.
Price: $500.00