Hood's Texas Brigade 1894

Heading: (Civil War)
Author: Winkler, Mrs. A. V.
Title: Confederate Capital and Hood's Texas Brigade
Place Published: Austin, TX
Publisher:Eugene Von Boeckmann
Date Published: 1894
Description:

xvi, 312 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. (8vo) grey cloth decorated in black and gilt, patterned endpapers. First Edition.

Early gift inscription on front flyleaf. The Texas Brigade was an infantry formation that distinguished itself in the American Civil War. Along with the Stonewall Brigade, they were considered the Confederate Army's shock troops. It fought in every major battle of the Eastern Theater except Chancellorsville.
Condition Report: Light wear and soiling to cloth with light rubbing to extremities; toning and a bit of foxing; very good.