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Date Posted: 05/16/05 5:18:24pm
Author: Doug Cooper
Subject: Re: Darn Fine Book
In reply to: dusty Lind 's message, "Darn Fine Book" on 05/10/05 12:54:16pm

Dusty - been looking for a book on the last battle of the war - are there any others besides this one worth a look?

Doug

>Folks,
> I just got my copy of "Civil War and Revolution
>on the Rio Grande Frontier", by Jerry Thompson and
>Lawrence T. Jones III. Published by the Texas State
>Historical Association.
> Nice fine book and wonderful Civil War Photos. Some
>are of General Slaughter and his staff taken in
>Galveston in 1862.
> Good clear account of the federal landings on Boca
>Chica, led by the 15th Maine Infantry and the invasion
>of the south of Texas. Ending with the aftermath of
>Palmetto Ranch.
> If you want a book to cover the far flung southern
>corner of the Trans-Mississippi this is the book.
>
> Dusty Lind

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