Hood's Texas Brigade: the Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy's most Celebrated Unit by Susannah J. Ural. Perceptively explores one of the most successful combat units in the civil war.  Tracking their lauded military services, as well as their backgrounds and beliefs, Ural creates a nuanced portrait of soldiers and the families that sustained them.  These southerners, unabashedly committed to slavery and the confederate cause, displayed little doubt or trepidation about the war or its cost.Confederate defeat left them defiant but no less determined in their beliefs.  Ural’s compelling account provides fresh insight into the confederate military experience and lasting legacy.