Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae
(Part of the Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
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Winner, Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize, Austin Civil War Round Table, 2005 In an 1882 speech, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis made an exuberant claim: "That battle at Sabine Pass was more remarkable than the battle at Thermopylae." Indeed, Sabine Pass was the site of one of the most decisive Civil War battles fought in Texas. But unlike the Spartans, who succumbed to overwhelming Persian forces at Thermopylae more than two...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292705948
ISBN13:9780292705944
Release Date:October 2004
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:274 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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