  These are selected richer sources of the hundreds of books and documents pertaining to Texas and the Civil War. MANUSCRIPTSExecutive Record Books and Governor’s Letters (both in Texas State Archives) contain extensive correspondence and records relating to the problems of managing the state during the war. REPRODUCED COPIES OF MANUSCRIPTSCollection of the Papers of Edmund Kirby Smith. Folder No. 37-53 (1863-1866). Microfilm in Texas Collection, The University of Texas Library, original at University of North Carolina. Selected military problems of the departmental commander. Oldham, W. S., Memoirs, 1861-1867. The University of Texas Archives. Rich comments by Texas’ crusty Confederate Senator. PUBLIC DOCUMENTSEighth Census of the United States. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1864. Statistics of 1860 Texas. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited by Ernest W. Winkler. Austin Printing Co., Austin, 1912. Documentary coverage of the convention’s work. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1912. The War of Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1880-1901. Specific parts on Texas are: Series I, Vols. 1, 4, 9, 15, 26, 34, 41, and 48; Series II, Vol. 1. OTHER PRIMARY SOURCESBarron, S. B., The Lone Star Defenders, A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross’ Brigade. The Neale Publishing Co., New York, 1908. Blessington, Joseph P., The Campaigns of Walker’s Texas Division. Lange, Little & Co., New York, 1875. DeBray, X. B., A Sketch of the History of DeBray’s (26th) Regiment of Texas Cavalry. Von Boeckmann, Austin, 1884. Heartsill, W. W., Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army. Edited by Bell I. Wiley. McCowat-Mercer Press, Jackson, Tenn., 1954. McConnell, Joseph C., The West Texas Frontier. Gazette Printing Company, Jacksboro, Texas. McHatton-Ripley, Eliza, From Flag to Flag. D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1889. Newcomb, J. P., Sketch of Secession Times in Texas. San Francisco, 1863. Noel, Theodore, A Campaign from Santa Fe to the Mississippi: Being a History of the Old Sibley Brigade. Shreveport News Printing Establishment, Shreveport, 1865. North, Thomas, Five Years in Texas; or What You Did Not Hear During the War from January 1861 to January 1866. Elm Street Printing Co., Cincinnati, 1871. Raines, C. W. [ed.], Six Decades in Texas or Memoirs of Francis Richard Lubbock. Ben C. Jones & Co., Austin, 1900. Texas Almanac (for the years 1859 through 1865.) Richardson & Co. SECONDARY SOURCESBancroft, Hubert Howe, History of the North Mexican States and Texas. Vol. XVI of The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. The History Co., San Francisco, 1889. Blackburn, J. K. P., Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers. Austin, 1919. Dyer, John P., The Gallant Hood. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, New York, 1950. Friend, Llerena, Sam Houston The Great Designer. The University of Texas Press, Austin, 1954. Giles, L. B., Terry’s Texas Rangers. Copyright 1911. Hamilton, D. H., History of Company M First Texas Volunteer Infantry, 1925. Henderson, Harry McCorry, Texas in the Confederacy. The Naylor Company, San Antonio, 1955. James, Joseph B., “Edmund Kirby Smith: Soldier of the South.” Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Florida, 1935. Loughery, Mrs. E. M., War and Reconstruction Times in Texas, 1861-1865. Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Austin, 1914. Miller, Edmund T., A Financial History of Texas. Bulletin of the University of Texas, 1916: No. 37, July 1, 1916. Owsley, Frank L., King Cotton Diplomacy. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1931. Parks, Joseph H., General Edmund Kirby Smith, C.S.A. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1954. Pierce, Frank C., A Brief History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Geo. Banta Publishing Co., Menasha, Wisconsin, 1917. Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas. Columbia University, New York, 1910. Rippy, J. Fred, The United States and Mexico. F. S. Crofts & Co., New York, 1931. Roberts, O. M., Texas. Vol. XI of Confederate Military History. Edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans. Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, 1899. A half-volume survey of Texas in the war. Rose, Victor M., Ross’ Texas Brigade. The Courier-Journal Company, Louisville, 1881. Smith, Ralph J., Reminiscences of the Civil War. San Marcos, 1911. Wooten, Dudley, A Comprehensive History of Texas 1685 to 1897. William G. Scarff, Dallas, 1898. Wright, Marcus J., Texas in the War, 1861-1865. Typed copy in Texas State Archives. Yeary, Mamie, Compiled by, Reminiscenses of the Boys in Gray 1861-1865. Smith and Lamar, Dallas, 1912. NEWSPAPERSSeveral dozen different newspapers are available covering the period. A general guide to their existence and location is the rather outdated Texas Newspapers 1813-1939. Prepared by Historical Records Survey Program Division of Professional and Survey Projects. W.P.A. of Texas, San Jacinto Museum of History Association, Houston, 1941. Of particular value are: The Galveston Tri-Weekly News—Texas State Archives and The University of Texas Library. The Southern Intelligencer (Austin)—Texas State Archives and The University of Texas Library. The Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston)—The University of Texas Library. ARTICLESSelections from The Southwestern Historical Quarterly (earlier The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association) are helpful in fitting missing pieces into the picture. Of particular value are: Bridge, C. A., “The Knights of the Golden Circle”, LIV, No. 3, pp. 287-302. Crimmins, Col. M. L., “An Episode in the Career of General David E. Twiggs”, XLI, No. 2, pp. 167-73. Delaney, Robert W., “Matamoros, Fort for Texas during the Civil War”, LVIII, No. 4, pp. 473-87. Elliott, Claude, “Union Sentiment in Texas 1861-1865”, L, No. 4, pp. 449-77. Maher, Edward R., Jr., “Sam Houston and Secession”, LV, No. 4, pp. 448-58. Ramsdell, Charles W., “The Texas State Military Board”, XXVII, No. 4, pp. 253-75. Sandbo, Anna I., “Beginnings of the Secession Movement in Texas”, XVIII, No. 1, pp. 41-73; No. 2, pp. 162-94. Valuable articles are also to be found in such journals as:
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