New Orleans and the Texas Revolution

New Orleans and the Texas Revolution / Edward L. Miller.

"One of the least known but most important battles of the Texas Revolution occurred not with arms but with words, not in Texas but in New Orleans. In the fall of 1835, Creole mercantile houses backed the opposition forces against Santa Anna. As a result, New Orleans capital, some $250,000 in lo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Edward L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Geschichte 1835-1836.
Capitalists and financiers > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Businessmen > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Businessmen
Capitalists and financiers
Economic history
Finance
Politics and government
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
New Orleans (La.) > History, Military > 19th century.
Texas > Politics and government > 1835-1836.
New Orleans (La.) > Politics and government > 19th century.
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836 > Finance.
New Orleans (La.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Louisiana > New Orleans
Texas
New Orleans, La.
History
Military history
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Archie P. McDonald
  • Ch. 1. New Orleans in 1835
  • Ch. 2. Anfictiones
  • Ch. 3. Nacogdoches land men
  • Ch. 4. The big men
  • Ch. 5. Immigrant soldiers
  • Ch. 6. Disaster at Tampico
  • Ch. 7. San Antonio de Bexar, La Bahia, and the Texas Navy
  • Ch. 8. The Texas agency in New Orleans
  • Ch. 9. A new government, military tragedy and triumph, and the Texas Navy
  • Ch. 10. Confusion and the clash of the Texas agencies at New Orleans.

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