{"product_id":"texan-in-blue-captain-francis-asbury-vaughan-of-the-first-texas-cavalry-usa-9781625110909","title":"Texan in Blue: Captain Francis Asbury Vaughan of the First Texas Cavalry, USA","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrancis Asbury Vaughan left his home in Guadalupe County, Texas on July 4, 1862, to fight in the Civil War. But he did not join a Confederate unit. Unlike twenty-one of his brothers and cousins, and most white male Texans who fought in that conflict, he became a captain in the First Texas Cavalry, USA, the best-known Union outfit from the Lone Star State. Fortunately for historians, he recorded some of his wartime experiences in what he called a memorandum, which remains in the possession of his descendants along with other treasured records concerning him and his relatives. These documents are the foundation for this book, which provides a unique insight into the ideals and actions of a Texan who not only served for three years as a Union officer but afterward became a Republican for the remaining three decades of his life in Texas. As a Texan in blue, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1868, a federal appointee and elected local official several times over, and a successful businessman and father, Vaughan established a legacy that offers useful perspectives not only on him, but on the events that surrounded and involved him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas State Historical Assn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625110909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 5.99w x 0.48d","brand":"Richard B. McCaslin,J. Wayne Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418957344949,"sku":"9781625110909","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9652930c-24df-489a-8a64-3a29d1d8c421.jpg?v=1775570837","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/texan-in-blue-captain-francis-asbury-vaughan-of-the-first-texas-cavalry-usa-9781625110909","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}