The Junior Historian, Volume 25, Number 2, November 1964 Page: Front Inside
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THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1897-THE OLDEST LEARNED SOCIETY IN TEXAS-1897
President:
GEORGE P. ISBELLVice-Presidents :
J. P. BRYAN
JOSEPH SCHMITZ SEYMOUR V. CONNOR
WAYNE GARDDirector:
H. BAILEY CARROLL
Cor. Sec. and Treas.:
MRS. CORAL HORTON TULLISTHE JUNIOR HISTORIAN
Published by
The Texas State Historical Association
Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center
Box 8059, University Station
University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
Editor:
H. BAILEY CARROLLFRANCES V. PARKER
BARBARA CUMMINGSAssociate Editors:
ALWYN BARRDAVID B. GRACY, II
RICHARD TAUSCH"No man is fit to be entrusted with the control of the PRESENT
who is ignorant of the PAST, and no People who are indifferent
to their PAST need hope to make their FUTURE great."Issued six times during the school year in: September, November, December, January, March, and
May. Regular subscription $2.00; club subscription (five or more to Chapter members) $1.50
each. Second-class postage paid at Austin, Texas.TEXAS
CIVIL WAR BLINDSPOTS
by ALLAN C. ASHCRAFT
"Not another book on the Civil War-
they've worn that thing out!" All too frequent-
ly this is our reaction to the appearance of
another volume on the great conflict. Certainly
there is some justification to this view. Thou-
sands of books over the past century have
matched and re-matched the armies of Lee and
Grant. Sherman has marched and re-marched
across Georgia dozens of times, on paper, in
the last several decades. But what of other
aspects of the Civil War and, particularly, the
role of Texas in that period? While general
information on the subject is available, there
are hundreds of blindspots in our knowledge
of Confederate Texas.
What were conditions in Galveston during
the Union occupation of late 1862? What prob-
lems faced Texan carters as they hauled tens
of thousands of bales of cotton overland to
Mexico? What resulted when General Magru-
der impressed slaves for use in building coastal
defensive works? What duties were carried outby United States forces that held the extreme
western tip of Texas from 1862 until the war's
end? These are but a few of many question
marks to be found in the epic story of Texas
and the Civil War.
Now, what sources could possibly offer in-
formation on these topics? There are county
records, old letters and diaries, and word of
mouth clues to be gotten from descendants of
the participants. A good deal of detective work
is likely involved, but the results usually over-
compensate for efforts expended.
Civil War studies hold a particular fascina-
tion for young persons. Oftentimes teen-agers
become staunch Civil War "buffs." Perhaps if
Junior Historians, already well equipped with
a deep interest in Texas history, could direct
some of their searches and studies toward neg-
lected Civil War activities in their state, the
results would bring great satisfaction to indi-
viduals involved and would throw much light
on our many Civil War blindspots.
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