Title The Civil War on the Rio Grande, 1846-1876 / edited by Roseann Bacha-Garza, Christopher L. Miller, Russell K. Skowronek ; foreword by Gary W. Gallagher

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource Series Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; number forty-six Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 46. Contents Intro; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Prelude; 2. To Occupy and Possess Our Own; 3. Life Lived along the Lower Rio Grande during the Civil War; 4. Race and Ethnicity along the Antebellum Rio Grande; 5. Separate Wars and Shared Destiny; 6. Col. José de los Santos Benavides and Gen. Juan Nepomuceno Cortina; 7. Los Algodones; 8. From the Bluegrass to the Rio Grande; 9. Archeological Insights into the Last Battle of the Civil War; 10. The Black Military Experience in the Rio Grande Valley; 11. Discovering America's Forgotten War Front; References; About the Authors; Index Summary Runner-up, 2019 Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Book Award, sponsored by the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association (TOMFRA) Long known as a place of cross-border intrigue, the Rio Grande?s unique role in the history of the American Civil War has been largely forgotten or overlooked. Few know of the dramatic events that took place here or the complex history of ethnic tensions and international intrigue and the clash of colorful characters that marked the unfolding and aftermath of the Civil War in the Lone Star State. To understand the American Civil War in Texas also requires an understanding of the history of Mexico. The Civil War on the Rio Grande focuses on the region?s forced annexation from Mexico in 1848 through the Civil War and Reconstruction. In a very real sense, the Lower Rio Grande Valley was a microcosm not only of the United States but also of increasing globalization as revealed by the intersections of races, cultures, economic forces, historical dynamics, and individual destinies. As a companion to Blue and Gray on the Border: The Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail, this volume provides the scholarly backbone to a larger public history project exploring three decades of ethnic conflict, shifting international alliances, and competing economic proxies at the border. The Civil War on the Rio Grande, 1846?1876 makes a groundbreaking contribution not only to the history of a Texas region in transition but also to the larger history of a nation at war with itself Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 1, 2019) Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205 Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.) -- History, Military -- 19th century Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140214 Subject Texas Texas -- Lower Rio Grande Valley United States Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Military history Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Bacha-Garza, Roseann, author, editor. Miller, Christopher L., 1950- author, editor. Skowronek, Russell K., author, editor. Gallagher, Gary W., writer of foreword. Miller, Christopher L., 1950- Prelude ISBN 9781623497200 1623497205

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