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 Author Name: Stephen L. Moore
Title: SAVAGE FRONTIER: RANGERS, RIFLEMEN, AND INDIAN WARS IN TEXAS, VOLUME III, 1840-41
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN Number: 1574412299 / 9781574412291
Seller ID: 2107616
From 1840 & 1841. Provides a clear view of life as a frontier fighter in the Republic of Texas. Covers the resulting Battle of Plum Creek & other engagements in new detail. 42 B&W photos, 4 maps; 5.5x8.5 inches, 448 pgs.
'This third volume of the Savage Frontier series focuses on the evolution of the Texas Rangers and frontier warfare in Texas during the years 1840 and 1841. Comanche Indians were the leading rival to the pioneers during this period. Peace negotiations in San Antonio collapsed during the Council House Fight, prompting what would become known as the "Great Comanche Raid" in the summer
of 1840.
Stephen L. Moore covers the resulting Battle of Plum Creek and other engagements in new detail. Rangers, militiamen, and volunteers made offensive sweeps into West Texas and the Cross Timbers area of present Dallas-Fort Worth. During this time Texas' Frontier Regiment built a great military road, roughly parallel to modern Interstate 35. Moore also shows how the Colt repeating pistol came into use by Texas Rangers. Finally, he sets the record straight on the battles of the legendary Captain Jack Hays.
Through extensive use of primary military documents and first- person accounts, Moore provides a clear view of life as a frontier fighter in the Republic of Texas. The reader will find herein numerous and painstakingly recreated muster rolls, as well as casualty lists and a compilation of 1841 rangers and minutemen. For the exacting historian or genealogist of early Texas, the Savage Frontier series is an indispensable resource on early nineteenth-century Texas frontier warfare.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
STEPHEN L. MOORE is a sixth-generation Texan and author of Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, Volume I, 1835'1837. He is also the author of Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign and Taming Texas: Captain William T. Sadler's Lone Star Service. He lives in Lantana, Texas.
What people are saying about this book
"Anyone with an interest in the Texas Republic, or in the nature of
frontier warfare in the early nineteenth century, would want to have
this book on the shelf. It will also be a gold mine for Texas
genealogists."'James E. Crisp, author of Sleuthing the Alamo
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