This book describes the organization, leadership, and combat experiences of each of the seventy-eight regiments from Texas that served the Confederate forces. Also covered are the thirty-five artillery batteries attached to various infantry regiments and brigades. Includes: photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index.

Based on extensive research over three decades "Texas and Texans in the Civil War," fills a glaring gap in the literature on the Confederacy with this excellent study of Texas and its people during the Civil War. He follows the state's soldiers into battle across the conflict's vast military frontier, examines civilian conditions in the state as the war progressed, and assesses the state's political leadership.

For more than one hundred years some of the finest articles on the history of Texas have appeared in the ""Southwestern Historical Quarterly"" published by the Texas State Historical Association. The editors of the newest edition of this classic Texas history anthology have brought together eighteen essays (fifteen of which were published in the past two decades) that illustrate the rich diversity of Texas history, especially in the areas of gender and ethnic studies, and include the writings of some of today's most respected Texas historians. Like the previous editions, this book is designed for both the student and the general reader seeking an authoritative overview of Texas history.