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The Lone Star Defenders
CHAPTER I
THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR
Journey to Texas-John Brown's Raid-My Secession
Resolution-Presidential Election-Lincoln Elected-Excitement
in the South-Secession Ordinances-"The Lone Star
Defenders"-Fort Sumter Fired On-Camp Life-The Regiment
Complete-Citizens' Kindness-Mustered In-The Third
Texas Cavalry-Roster.
No, I am not going to write, or attempt to write,
a history of the war, or even a detailed account of
any campaign or battle in which I participated, but
only mean to set forth the things which I witnessed
or experienced myself in the four years of marching,
camping, and fighting, as I can now recall them
-only, or mainly, personal reminiscences. Incidentally
I will give the names of my comrades of Company
C, Third Texas Cavalry, and tell, so far as I
can remember, what became of the individuals who
composed the company. I will not dwell on the
causes of the war or anything which has been so
often and so well told relating thereto, but will
merely state that I had always been very conservative
in my feelings in political matters, and was so
all through the exciting times just preceding the
war while Abolitionism and Secession were so much
discussed by our statesmen, orators, newspapers, and
periodicals. I had witnessed the Kansas troubles,
which might be called a skirmish before the battle,
with much interest and anxiety, and without losing
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/20/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.