For Further Reading on The Civil War in Texas and Other Local Civil War History
Below are two good websites where information on Texas' involvement in the Civil War can be found:
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/civilwar/1864_3.html
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qcc17
The Massachusetts men that were captured at Galveston and brought to Houston were part of the
42nd Massachusetts infantry. You can learn more about the history of the 42nd from the following
sources:
http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyma/42nd_ma_infantry.html
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UMA0042RI
https://archive.org/details/02016134.3255.emory.edu
http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/14083/1379541.PDF?sequence=1
The Fondren Library at Rice University has the diary of Alexander Hobbs, private in
the 42nd Massachusetts Infantry. The diary describes the author's volunteer service
during the U.S. Civil War, including the Battle of Galveston, a prison stay in Houston,
and patrol duty in New Orleans. The diary has been scanned and transcribed and can
be viewed online at the following link:
http://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/26591/1/aa00363.tei.html
Further reading:
https://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/the-confederate-retaliatory-act/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/captivity-in-black-and-white/?_r=0
We hope this information is useful to you.