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Wichita County, Texas

Company C & D, Ninth U.S. Cavalry; Lt. I.N. Walter
in command, had one trooper and two citizens killed on May 30th on Holiday
Creek.
The following story is from the book, Horse Sweat and Powder Smoke, by Stanley S. McGowen.

Bosque County, Texas James Buckner "Buck" Barry, C.S.A. Historical Marker Walnut Springs Park, south side of town on SH 144 Walnut Springs (1821-1906) Came to Texas from North Carolina in 1845. Fought in Mexican War and Indian campaigns...

Freestone County, Texas The Battle of Val Verde was the Confederates' shining moment in the otherwise ill-fated Sibley Expedition in the southwest. Battle of Glorieta | Battle of Val Verde | Early Southwest | Fort Belknap | Fort Craig | Sibley In...

Texans' Service in the Civil War
Map from the book, Texas Flags, by Robert Maberry, Jr.

The following story is from the book, Gone to Texas, by Randolph B. Campbell.

Confederate Era

The Valley Map (Southern Tip of Texas) Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: of Historical Destinations Bigfoot | Brackettville | Carrizo Springs | Castroville | Concan | Cotulla | Devine | Eagle Pass | Freer | Hondo | Jourdanton | Laredo | Lytle | Medina |...

Battle of Glorieta | Battle of Val Verde | Early Southwest | Fort Belknap | Fort Craig | Sibley In Texas | Sibley Expedition Henry Hopkins Sibley Photo from the book, Confederate General of the West, by Jerry Thompson Henry H. Sibley began his army...

Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: of Historical Destinations Alice | Anahuac | Aransas Pass | Austin | Bastrop | Belton | Caldwell | Calvert | Cameron | Centerville | Cestohowa | Chappell Hill | Corpus Christi | Edna | Floresville | Freeport | Galveston |...

Captain William Sadler With the introduction of the steamboat, travelers like Lamar and Sadler took the Red River up to Natchitoches and headed west to the old King's Highway in Texas. Lamar's account of their trip gives a nice first-hand account of...