Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae

(Part of the Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)

by Edward T. Cotham Jr.

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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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Civil War History Leaders & Notable People Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political State & Local United States Civil War

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