| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
a century of forgotten Texas military sites, then and now |
| Author: |
AlexanderThomas E., 1931- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
UtleyDan K, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
College Station |
| Published: |
Texas A&M University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (256 p.). |
| Series: |
Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities |
| Subject: |
Historic sites - Texas - |
| Subject: |
Battlefields - Texas - |
| Subject: |
Fortification - Texas - |
| Subject: |
Military bases - Texas - |
| Subject: |
Texas - Antiquities - |
| Subject: |
Texas - History, Millitary - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603447539/ |
| Notes: |
"A Texas A&M travel guide." |
| ISBN: |
9781603447539electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1603447539electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781603446990pbk. |
| ISBN: |
1603446990pbk. |
| Content Note: |
The Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton's skirmish -- Brazos Santiago --Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War,1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field --World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operationsin wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation |