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The Texans from Hood's Texas Brigade and other regiments who fought at Antietam on 16-17 September 1862 described their experiences of the battle in personal diaries, interviews, newspaper articles, letters, and speeches. Their reminiscences provide a fascinating and harrowing account of the battle as they fought the Army of the Potomac. This book collates their writings alongside speeches that were given in the decades after the battle, during the annual reunions of Hood's Brigade Association and the dedication of the Hood's Brigade Monument at the state capital in Austin, Texas. These accounts describe their actions at the East Woods, Dunker's Church and Miller's Cornfield, and other areas during the battle. For the first time ever, their experiences are compiled in Texans at Antietam: A Terrible Clash of Arms, 16-17 September 1862.

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"""...a wealth of primary sources written or spoken by Confederate soldiers of Hood's Texas Brigade, who fought for the Confederacy in the battle of Antietam during the American Civil War. Here are official reports, diary entries, interviews, newspaper articles, letters to family at home, and even testimonials of Union soldiers who fought against soldiers of Hood's Texas Brigade. A handful of black-and-white photographs, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index enhance this superb historical treasury, highly recommended for public and college library Civil War shelves.""-- ""Midwest Book Review"" (11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) ""This is a worthy addition to the pantheon of recent books written about the battle of Antietam, and is sure to be of strong interest to those readers who enjoy first-person accounts written by participants.""--Scott Mingus ""York Daily Record"""

This is a worthy addition to the pantheon of recent books written about the battle of Antietam, and is sure to be of strong interest to those readers who enjoy first-person accounts written by participants. --Scott Mingus York Daily Record ...a wealth of primary sources written or spoken by Confederate soldiers of Hood's Texas Brigade, who fought for the Confederacy in the battle of Antietam during the American Civil War. Here are official reports, diary entries, interviews, newspaper articles, letters to family at home, and even testimonials of Union soldiers who fought against soldiers of Hood's Texas Brigade. A handful of black-and-white photographs, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index enhance this superb historical treasury, highly recommended for public and college library Civil War shelves. -- (11/01/2017)

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Joseph L. Owen is a National Park Ranger at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park in Johnson City, Texas. He is an associate member of Hood's Texas Brigade (Reactivated) and the Austin, Texas Civil War Round Table. He received a Bachelor's Degree in History and a Master's Degree in Secondary Education from East Central University located in Ada, Oklahoma. He is a United States Navy Veteran and a member of Hoods' Texas Brigade SCV Camp #152, as well as the co-author of 'Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood's Texas Brigade,' published by Fonthill Media. Philip McBride is a retired teacher, high school principal, and school district administrator. He is a regular contributor to the Camp Chase Gazette magazine and has written four novels about Texas soldiers in the Civil War. McBride publishes weekly blog posts about writing, his family, and other topics relevant to the 1860s and the Civil War. Joe Allport is a seventh-generation Texan, and one of his ancestors served in the First Texas Infantry. He is a member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas and the Sons of Confederate veterans, and his hobbies include researching nineteenth century American history and Texan history.

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