Lone Star Generals in Gray

Although still a frontier state during the Civil War, Texas played a significant role in the war. More than 70,000 Texans served in the military during the war, the majority in the Confederate army. Thirty-seven of those who served as generals in the Confederacy had rights to claim a Texas background, either through birth or residential adoption. Several of these men, notably Albert Sidney Johnson, John Bell Hood, Ben McCulloch, Samuel Bell Maxey, and Tom Green, have been studied in separate biographies, but in this work, the author has provided additional insight into their careers and set them within the contest of Texan involvement in the conflict. Ralph Wooster has done extensive research on the Civil War and now magnifies the specific actions of Texans who led or, in some cases, misled their troops. Individual photos complement the detailed profiles of each general. The result is an in-depth and interesting focus on Texans in gray who each commanded their troops in a unique way. Ralph Wooster Bio A graduate of the University of Houston and the University of Texas, Ralph A. Wooster spent his academic career at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. After completion of military service with the Historical Division of the U. S. Army, Europe, he joined the Lamar faculty in 1955. He served in various capacities at Lamar prior to his retirement from full-time teaching in 1991. His positions included Chairman of the History Department, Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of Faculties, and Associate Vice-President for Academic and Student Affairs. Wooster is the author of dozens of articles in historical journals and books including Eakin Press titles, Texas and Texans in the Civil War, Lone Star Regiments in Gray, Texas and Texans in World War II, and Lone Star Generals in Gray.