Civil War Chaos in Texas Author Talk and Book Signing

    Civil War Chaos in Texas Author Talk and Book Signing Author Lori Duran exhumes a treacherous and tumultuous time in Texas’ early statehood. Tuesday, july 14 | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM FREE EVENT - FREE PARKING NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED By the end of the Civil War, Texas was impoverished, lawless and had experienced suicide in the Governor’s Mansion. War time turmoil ensnared the state and especially its last Confederate governor, Pendleton Murrah. Orphaned by his mother as an infant, Murrah was raised by a charitable organization that saw to his education. Despite having tuberculosis, he moved to Texas and became a lawyer and a politician. He was elected governor in November 1863 and served until the end of the Civil War. The war brought on multiple hardships, culminating into chaos. Former soldiers robbed the state treasury in a violent shoot-out while Murrah and other Confederates exiled themselves in Mexico. Murrah died south of the border, where his remains are still lost.… View Source