Green Texas

This novel opens late 1865, only months after the end of the Civil War, with the lead character Charles (Chas) Green locked in a horrific nightmare reliving a severe battle. It was mocking the last battle over Nashville, Tennessee near the end of the South’s Rebellion. At that time he was a Captain commanding a battery of cannons, now lead officer at the Union supply station in Memphis Tennessee.

The proceeding scenes, sets the pace for the novel and grows as Green and three close friends muster out from the supply station heading for Texas. The four were trailing seventy plus saddle horses to be sold or expand their herds at home. The stumbling rock at this time, only months after the end of the conflict gangs of unsavory ex-veterans from both sides, now called “Ruffians” were gathering together and raising HELL with the public.

Knowing that their path for Texas ran straight through the country festering with Ruffian. Where they did encountered several gropes of them, including marauding Indians wanting the same, horses. Their savior in each hostility was the amount of loaded pistols they carried next to them and a hard hitting seven rounds .58 caliber lever action Spencer carbine. This was a trick Green picked up years before going up against southern leaners in Missouri. As Quantrill, Todd and Bloody Anderson lead men fighting for the South. Where each packed at least ten or more loaded pistols, letting them out shoot a Union force caring only single shot muskets

In each encounter traveling across Arkansas and through Oklahoma their planed teamwork removed each threat. The large plus was at least one of them had passed through these lands and led the way trying the miss bad locations. If trouble arose the leader knew places to fight from.

Though at home Green and his close friend Al Cook who stayed beside him, use their skills to defend an Indian Village he had called home years before. This came from a new threat when Ruffians working for unscrupulous organizations using a new tool to displace legal land owners, new unpaid state land taxes.

The two’s rumbling when protecting these people, raised notice with the Texas Rangers and Union Army. Also the Federal Government needed agents to enforce federal law in their area. Their hand’s was placed on two’s shoulders, setting new direction as US Marshals and deputy Texas Rangers.

Their first major chore was protecting a Federal Land Surveyors from one of these gangs. Turning out that the company they were worked for had used their position during the war at a Union Supply Depot in Washing DC to seal guns and powder. Plus information they gained there to rob units delivering pay to the Union Troops fighting the Southern Rebels.

The novel comes to a closing as the two embraced one of the men that traveled home with them. Where the three dug out the leaders of this organization. But to arrests these men it took a path into Oklahoma, removing several ruffian gangs hired by them. Then chasing the leaders back to Texas, ending with a major shoot out in the streets Fort Worth at an Army Station. Just after three of the leaders were placed in their lockup, with the remainder of the gang trying to free them.