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"An arch rebel like myself" : Dan Showalter and the Civil War in California and Texas
Title
"An arch rebel like myself" : Dan Showalter and the Civil War in California and Texas / Gene C. Armistead and Robert D. Arconti.
ISBN
9781476674612
1476674612
9781476633381
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2018]
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
x, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Zc72 2018ar: Paperbound.
Summary
"Dan Showalter, a Pennsylvanian transplant to the Yosemite Valley, was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West among the pro-Union press. Escaping to Texas, he distinguished himself in the Confederate service in naval battles and in pursuit of Comanche raiders"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 09, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.
Contents
Before California
Mariposa life and political beginnings
The California Assembly of 1861
The duel and its aftermath
The Showalter party
Texas and the Indian Territory, 1863
On the Rio Grande, 1864
Arch rebel to the end
The man Dan Showalter.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Also listed under
United States North Carolina Jefferson.
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