Civil War Chaos in Texas: The Tumultuous Tenure of Governor Pendleton Murrah (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467172431)

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Civil War Chaos in Texas: The Tumultuous Tenure of Governor Pendleton Murrah

$24.99

Civil War Chaos in Texas: The Tumultuous Tenure of Governor Pendleton Murrah

$24.99
Format: Paperback
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Pandemonium and the Fugitive Governor

By the end of the Civil War, Texas was impoverished, lawless, and had experienced suicide in the governor's mansion. Wartime turmoil ensnared the state, especially its last Confederate governor, Pendleton Murrah. Orphaned by his mother as an infant, Murrah was raised by a charitable organization, which saw to his education. Despite having tuberculosis, he moved to Texas and became a lawyer and politician. He was elected governor in November 1863 and served until the end of the Civil War. The war brought on multiple hardships, culminating in chaos. Former soldiers robbed the state treasury in a violent shoot-out while Murrah and other Confederates exiled themselves to Mexico. Murrah died south of the border, where his remains are still lost.

Author Lori Duran exhumes a treacherous and tumultuous time in Texas's early statehood.



Author: Lori Duran
ISBN-10: 146717243X
ISBN-13: 9781467172431
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2026
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
By Lori Duran
By Lori Duran
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With an educational background in history Lori Duran researches and writes about past events and people. She came here for graduate school from Iowa after visiting South and Central Texas with friends and grandparents. Duran is a has had a diverse career but history has been her life-long passion and she is active on the board of directors at the Austin History Center Association. She has published free-lance magazine articles and illustrated books about local history such as, Austin's Travis Heights Neighborhood and the University of Texas at Austin: The First One Hundred Years. Duran's new book entitled Civil War Chaos in Texas: The Tumultuous Tenure of Governor Pendleton Murrah is about the chaotic experiences of Texas and its governors during and immediately after the Civil War. Her writing was inspired by an edition of Austin History Center Association's 1976 magazine "Waterloo Scrapbook" which detailed the violent and tragic history of the Civil War in Texas especially for its governor and for Austin. For more information, you can see her website at: https: //loriduran.com

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