Xavier Blanchard Debray. A Sketch of the History of Debray's (26th) Regiment of Texas Cavalry. ...
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Scarce regimental history of Debray’s Cavalry
Xavier Blanchard Debray. A Sketch of the History of
Debray's (26th) Regiment of Texas Cavalry. Austin: E. von
Boeckmann, 1884. 8vo. 26 pages. Original printed blue wrappers
(disbound). Limited to 300 copies per Tom Broadfoot, Civil War
Books, a Priced Checklist; with a listed value of $4500.Xavier Debray's history of the regiment he commanded from 1862 through 1865. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Debray served as aide de camp to Texas Governor Edward Clark in 1861. He quickly advanced in rank, becoming lieutenant colonel and commander of a Texas cavalry battalion by December of that year. The following March, he was commissioned colonel of the Twenty-Sixth Texas Cavalry, which he led in several key campaigns, including the Confederate recapture of Galveston on January 1, 1863, and the Red River campaign in Louisiana in 1864. Even after news of the Confederate surrender in 1865, Debray's regiment remained intact, taking on the role of guarding Houston against looters and marauders.
[Together with]:
Oath of Allegiance to Confederate States. One page, 14 x 8 1/2 inches, Medina County; July 16, 1861. An oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America administered in Medina County, Texas, by Louis Huth. It reads, in part:
"I, do solemnly swear, that I will obey the Constitution and Laws of the Confederate States of America and the Constitution & laws of the State of Texas...I will not under any circumstances take or bear arms against the Confederate States of America and that I will in all respects demean myself as a true and loyal citizen of said States." Followed by forty-five signatures of Confederate citizens, and signed at the end, "Louis Huth Chief Justice Ex Officio" as witness.
Condition: Book disbound; dark toning to the edges of the wrappers; wear to the left edge of wrappers and inner pages where binding was removed, including chips, pinholes, and minor loss, not touching text; textblock evenly age-toned. Oath of Allegiance separated completely at the center; several small separations at the edges of folds, touching text but not affecting legibility.
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