Description
Typewritten manuscript of the "Memoirs of John W. Sansom, 1834-1916." Written several years before Sansom's death, this volume includes his first person accounts of his childhood, Union support during the Civil War, involvement in the Battle of Nueces River, and career in the Texas Rangers.
1916 2020 01
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![[First Lieutenant Max Sachs and a Texas ranger on horseback]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/7b5a2d17337a8a26850d390907a5227f7049ff61.png "[First Lieutenant Max Sachs and a Texas ranger on horseback]")
![[Boy in colonel's coat on decorated tricycle for the United Confederate Veterans reunion, Dallas, Texas, 1902]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/ac2b8e30e3cc4cdba4e099c18957898684c210f1.png "[Boy in colonel's coat on decorated tricycle for the United Confederate Veterans reunion, Dallas, Texas, 1902]")
