Granbury's Texas Brigade: Diehard Western Confederates

Acknowledgments

xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It would have been impossible to complete an endeavor of this magnitude without a great deal of support. When I first began working on this project eight years ago, I was a young historian who thought I knew much more than I actually did. I owe a great debt of gratitude to my mentor, Steven Woodworth of Texas Christian University, for his guidance about studying, writing, and publishing Civil War history and for his ability to gently knock me down a peg or two when my ego started to get in the way. Steve has been with me from the conception of this project to its completion. I also wish to acknowledge other historians in the field who helped me conceive this book. To Gregg Cantrell, Mark Gilderhus, and Richard Lowe, I truly owe a debt I cannot repay. Many thanks to Charles Grear of Prairie View A&M University, who not only agreed to make the maps for this book, but has always been a good friend and has given me valuable feedback on this project. I also want to thank Danny Sessums of the Museum of Southern History in Houston, who generously made available his research on Granbury ’s Brigade and encouraged me in publishing this work. In addition, I am grateful to the staffs of various libraries and archives who are unfortunately too numerous to name here. In particular, Donaly Brice at the Texas State Archives and Library Commission and Peggy Fox of the Harold B. Simpson Confederate Research Center stand out as individuals who offered extensive help and support. I also want to thank George xii acknowledgments Forgie of the University of Texas at Austin, who taught me how to become a historian, and Norman Brown, also of the University of Texas, who befriended me and always had useful advice for me. I would also like to express my gratitude to T. Michael Parrish, of Baylor University, who showed interest in this work before it was finished and helped me greatly in preparing the final manuscript, and Rand Dotson of LSU Press, who has proved immensely helpful in the publishing process. Without them this book would never have come to fruition. Finally, I would like to thank my parents, Hank and Cindy Lundberg, who always believed in me and provided the love and support necessary to become the person I am, and my wife, Jessica, who had to live with me while I conceived, researched, and wrote this work. Without her love and understanding, I never would have finished what I started. GRANBURY’S TEXAS BRIGADE This page intentionally left blank ...