The Texas Rebel — Robert E. Hollmann

In 1862, after a hunting trip on the Staked Plains of West Texas, Yance Cummings returns home to find his bride murdered and his cabin burning. He suspected Commanche raiders of the crime. Yance and his friends track the war party across the plains and extract a terrible vengeance. With no home and no plans for the future, Yance agrees to accompany his friend, Mose Hartly and a small band of volunteers to join the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, in the fight for Southern independence. The book follows the adventures of the band as they fight in the major battles of the Civil war. It also examines the effects of the war on the soldiers as well as on the civilians caught in the path of the advancing armies.