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Joseph L. Owen & Randy S. Drais (Authors)
Fonthill Media (November 19, 2015)
UPDATE:
Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood's Texas Brigade, by Joseph L. Owen and Randy S. Drais. Scheduled release January 2016 by Fonthill Media.
2nd UPDATE: According to Amazon the release date has been rescheduled for March 19, 2016.
The Texans from Hood's Texas Brigade and other regiments who fought at Gettysburg on 1-3 July 1863 described their experiences of the battle in personal diaries, interviews, newspaper articles, letters and speeches. Their reminiscences provide a fascinating and harrowing account of the battle as they fought the Army of the Potomac. Speeches were given in the decades after the battle during the annual reunions of Hood's Brigade Association and the dedication of the Hood's Brigade Monument that took place on 26-27 October 1910 at the state capital in Austin, Texas. These accounts describe their actions at Devil's Den, Little Round Top and other areas during the battle. For the first time ever, their experiences are compiled in Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood's Texas Brigade.
About the Author:
I am a National Park Ranger at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park in Johnson City, Texas. Having served 15 years in the U.S, Navy, I attended college at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma receiving a Bachelor's Degree in History and a Masters Degree in Secondary Education. I taught Social Studies for eight years in Oklahoma, Texas and Oregon before changing careers to work for the National Park Service. A life long student and "arm chair historian" of the Civil War and American History, I became interested in the history of Hood's Texas Brigade and the battles they fought in. "Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood's Texas Brigade" is my first book and I am currently researching and editing for an upcoming book about the reminiscences of the soldiers of Hood's Texas Brigade who fought at the battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) on September 17, 1862.
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