By the Spring of '63, the Texans who had been prisoners of war finally reentered service.
The men must have believed the specter of prison life could not be exceeded.
Soon, though, their service as a part of Granbury's Texas Infantry Brigade would surpass even the horrific cost they had paid as POWs.
What began as a number of mediocre military organizations, through a costly series of trials, ultimately was transformed to become a premier brigade in perhaps the finest division of the .
Cactus Rose Press A force to be reckoned with: (a history of granbury's texas infantry brigade 1861-1865), paperback/danny m. sessums
