Battle on the Bay : : The Civil War Struggle for Galveston / / Edward T. Cotham.
The Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. As other Southern ports fell to the Union, Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelin...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texas Classics
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The War Is Postponed
- 2. A Safe Condition
- 3. Warming Up for War
- 4. The Island City Chooses Sides
- 5. City in the Sea
- 6. The Blockade Begins
- 7. A Pessimistic Assessment
- 8. Thomas Chubb and the Royal Yacht
- 9. The Threat of Bombardment
- 10. Captured by Ferryboats
- 11. The Infantry Arrives
- 12. The Prince and His Players
- 13. From Glorieta to Galveston
- 14. Prince John Plans His Next Production
- 15. The Battle of Kuhn's Wharf
- 16. Cottonclad Victory
- 17. After the Battle
- 18. A Trap Fails to Close
- 19. Still Another Disaster off Galveston
- 20. An Entrenched Camp
- 21. Treated like a Conquered City
- 22. Running the Blockade
- 23. The "Closing Act of the Rebellion"
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index