Spartan Band, 9: Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War AUTH-12800192 -- Rachel Brathen

-- Rachel Brathen

Victories in wars and in athletic competitions are invariably Nike's most predominant manifestations in the historical record

a murder has developed

and striking

searing satire

Spartan Band, 9: Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War AUTH-12800192 -- Rachel BrathenIn 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.