Spartan Band: Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War

— Vol. 9: of War and the Southwest Series

Published: August, 2010  Pages: 272  Features: 7 b&w photos. 8 maps. Notes. Bib. Index.

In Spartan Band (coined from a chaplain’s eulogistic poem) author Thomas Reid traces the Civil War history of the 13th Texas Cavalry, a unit drawn from eleven counties in East Texas. The cavalry regiment organized in the spring of 1862 but was ordered to dismount once in Arkansas. The regiment gradually evolved into a tough, well-trained unit during action at Lake Providence, Fort De Russy, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins’ Ferry, as part of Maj. Gen. John G. Walker’s Texas division in the Trans-Mississippi Department. more... about Spartan Band: Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War