NEWSPAPERS
Several dozen different newspapers are available covering the period. A general guide to their existence and location is the rather outdated Texas Newspapers 1813-1939. Prepared by Historical Records Survey Program Division of Professional and Survey Projects. W. P. A. of Texas, San Jacinto Museum of History Association, Houston, 1941. Of particular value are:
The Galveston Tri-Weekly News—Texas State Archives and The University of Texas Library.
The Southern Intelligencer (Austin)—Texas State Archives and The University of Texas Library.
The Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston)—The University of Texas Library.
ARTICLES
Selections from The Southwestern Historical Quarterly (earlier The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association) are helpful in fitting missing pieces into the picture. Of particular value are:
Bridge, C. A., “The Knights of the Golden Circle”, LIV, No. 3, pp. 287-302.
Crimmins, Col. M. L., “An Episode in the Career of General David E. Twiggs”, XLI, No. 2, pp. 167-73.
Delaney, Robert W., “Matamoros, Fort for Texas during the Civil War”, LVIII, No. 4, pp. 473-87.