LATEST NEWS! BY OUR OWN EXPRESS! McCullough’s report is interesting. An officer that participated in the fight at Milliken’s Bend came through to-day. He states the most of the troops engaged against us were negroes – 4,000 in number – … Continue reading →
Walker’s Texas Division, C.S.A: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi by Richard Lowe (LSU Press, 2004) In late April and early May of 1863, Brig. Gen. John G. Walker’s Division of Texas troops, known as “Walker’s Greyhounds” because of their rapid and … Continue reading →
I thought I’d change my focus in this post to look at one of the smaller repositories that I visited, the Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College in Waco, Texas. Their research center was formerly known as the Confederate Research … Continue reading →