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    Rebel Journey: A Texas Civil War Story
    Rebel Journey: A Texas Civil War Story
    Rebel Journey: A Texas Civil War Story
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    Rebel Journey: A Texas Civil War Story

    By Richard Brewer

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    What do Comanche Indians, Robert E. Lee, the state of Texas and the battle of Gettysburg have in common? Filled with facts not usually presented this historical fiction story traces the journey of one Irish immigrant descendantRebel soldier 2000 miles from the dangerousTexas frontier to Gettysburg and a present day discovery on the battlefield by a UCLA student which changes her previous assumptions about why the war was fought.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 6, 2010
    ISBN9781491868119
    Rebel Journey: A Texas Civil War Story
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    Richard Brewer

    Richard J. Brewer is the co-editor of Occupied Earth, a native Californian, has always been a lover of stories and storytelling. He has worked as a writer, actor, bookseller, story editor, book reviewer, movie and television Development Executive, and audiobook narrator. He was co-editor of the critically acclaimed Bruce Springsteen inspired short story anthology Meeting Across the River. His most recent short story, Last to Die, was included in another anthology inspired by The Boss, Trouble in the Heartland, and was noted as one of the Distinguished Mystery Stories of the year in The Best American Mystery Stories 2015.

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      Rebel Journey - Richard Brewer

      © 2010 Richard Brewer. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 8/23/2010

      ISBN: 978-1-4520-5539-8 (sc)

      978-1-4918-6811-9 (e)

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      Contents

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      IV

      V

      VI

      AUTHOR’S COMMENTS

      PHOTO CREDITS

      I

      70 miles west of Mason, Texas, 1855.

      The day was clear but still cool. Thirty three U.S. Mounted Infantry troopers proceded north from Fort Clark along a known Comanche trail. Blowing sand was a problem and cactus thorns a nuisance to man and horse. In the late afternoon they saw signs of horsemen approaching from the northwest, down from the Guadalupe Mountains. This would be the other patrol they were to meet with today at Johnson Fork Creek on the Llano River. This area was farther west than the line of frontier forts that stretched from the Red River to the Rio Grande, each located about a days ride apart. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis had ordered the forts established to protect the settlers from Indians and bandits, but the raids continued. At camp that night the two patrol leaders would compare notes and talk about their days together back in Virginia and about West Point and the Commandant of Cadets, Robert E. Lee. Late that night one of the leaders, Lt. J.E.B. Stuart, would write a long letter to his old school newspaper giving details about his Texas adventures and this meeting with Major James Longstreet, who led the Guadalupe mountain patrol. A few years later they would both wear stars and become two of the South’s greatest military leaders.

      Spring, Los Angeles, California, 2005.

      Some freshman students at UCLA were looking at the bulletin boards in the hall at their dormitory where the school had posted the coming summer trips sponsored by the school and/or some of the college professors. There were notices about educational cruises and trips to Europe, China and other areas. These were good deals for the professors as the universities (most tenured professors were well

      paid, many receiving more than the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the country’s highest paid military person) picked up their expenses but most students paid their own way. One unusual trip was a visit to Gettysburg Battlefield National Park, touted by the flyer as where 150,000 soldiers fought to end slavery in America. Extra credit could be earned

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