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Vaqueros in Blue & Gray

Name: Vaqueros in Blue & Gray
Author: Jerry D. Thompson
ISBN: 9781880510728

by Jerry D. Thompson

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Overview

As many as 9,500 men of Hispanic heritage fought in the United States' Civil War. In Texas, the bitter conflict deeply divided the Tejanos−Texans of Mexican heritage. An estimated 2,500 fought in the ranks of the Confederacy while 950, including some Mexican nationals, fought for the Stars and Stripes. Vaqueros in Blue & Gray, originally published in 1976, is the story of these Tejanos who participated in the Civil War.
This edition of the history of these vaqueros contains the first comprehensive list, containing almost 4,000 names, ever compiled of the Confederate and Union Hispanics from Texas who served in the war.
Vaqueros in Blue & Gray presents a stirring saga of these brave people, their land, and their epic role in the Civil War and in the history of Texas.

About the Author, Jerry D. Thompson

JERRY THOMPSON, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Texas A&M International University at Laredo, is among the foremost and most prolific historians of the Texas-Mexico border. He has been the recipient of many teacher awards, is a fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, member of the Texas Philosophical Society, and on the editorial advisory board of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Thompson is the author of numerous monographs and books, the most recent being A Wild and Vivid Land: An Illustrated History of the South Texas Border, and Fifty Miles and a Fight: Major Samuel Peter Heintzelman’s Journal of Texas and the Cortina War.