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Contents Illustrations ix Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue 1 Chapter 1. The Reunion 5 Chapter 2. Maltby’s Circus 13 Chapter 3. Filibustering 31 Chapter 4. The Ranchero 42 Chapter 5. The Bonnie Blue Flag 59 Chapter 6. The War Arrives in South Texas 63 Chapter 7. Fort Semmes 79 Chapter 8. Raiders and Renegades 95 Chapter 9. The Brigadier General 113 Chapter 10. “The One Rebel Organ Left” 126 Chapter 11. A Bitter Peace 140 Chapter 12. Military Rule 149 Chapter 13. “That Journal on the Rio Grande” 158 Chapter 14. Yellow Fever 171 Chapter 15. True to Texas 175 Postscript 193 Appendix 197 Notes 201 Bibliography 213 Index 221 contents viii ...

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