Article: The Confederates of Chappell Hill, Texas: Prosperity, Civil War, and Decline.(Book review)

The Confederates of Chappell Hill, Texas: Prosperity, Civil War, and Decline. By Stephen Chicoine. (Jefferson, N.C., and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., c. 2005. Pp. viii, 260. $45.00, ISBN 0-7864-1982-2.)

Stephen Chicoine draws upon a wealth of primary sources from the local archives and the historical society of Chappell Hill, Texas, to provide a personal account of this significant town's contribution in the American Civil War. In doing so, the author attempts to place Chappell Hill in the larger context of Texas in the war and the southern experience of prosperity, war, and decline. The bulk of the monograph traces the experience of men from Chappell ...

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