Living on the Edge Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction

Patrick Kelly earned his Ph.D. at New York University. Before joining the faculty at the University of Texas, San Antonio, Dr. Kelly lectured at Harvard University and was a visiting professor at Tufts University. He is the author of Creating a National Home: Building the Veterans’ Welfare State, 1860-1900 and “The North American Crisis of the 1860s.”

Rhonda Minten, who earned her master’s degree in history at the University of Texas, San Antonio, is now an adjunct professor and lecturer in the Department of History, where she teaches courses in world civilizations, United States history, and Texas history. Professor Minten also teaches at Northwest Vista College.