Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Setting the Scene
• 2. The Admiral and the Forts
• 3. Attacking Texas
• 4. From Bar to Battle
• 5. Cottonclads with Cannon
• 6. Planning a Victory
• 7. Texas Is the Target
• 8. Sabine Pass as a Stepping-Stone
• 9. The Navy Makes Its Plans
• 10. The Expedition Departs
• 11. Revising the Plan
• 12. "Hold the Fort at All Hazards"
• 13. Attack of the Gunboats
• 14. Praise and Blame
• 15. The War Ends for Fort Griffin
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Report of Lieut. R. W. Dowling, Company "F," Cook's (Texas) Artillery, Concerning the Battle of Sabine Pass
• Appendix 2: Annotated List of Sabine Pass Battle Participants
• Appendix 3: Union Casualties at the Battle of Sabine Pass
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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Recounts the momentous hours of September 8, 1863, during which a handful of Texans prevented a Union military force from occupying Sabine Pass

About the Author

Edward T. Cotham, Jr., is an independent scholar based in Houston, Texas. He has served as president of the Houston Civil War Roundtable and is the author of Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston.

Reviews

"The book is beautifully written, profusely illustrated and meticulously researchedoand sure to instruct and entertain any reader of Civil War history." Civil War News