Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas: Texas Ranger Tales, #2
    The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas: Texas Ranger Tales, #2
    The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas: Texas Ranger Tales, #2
    Ebook97 pages2 hours

    The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas: Texas Ranger Tales, #2

    By Victor M. Rose

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    "The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas" by Victor M. Rose is a history of the most famous blood feud in Texas history.

    Victors M. Rose (1842-1893), the author was an editor, lawyer, poet, and Texas historian born in Victoria Texas. When Texas seceded, Rose joined the Third Texas Cavalry which was incorporated into a brigade, later commanded by General Laurence Sullivan Ross. Ross indelibly stamped his identity on the unit so that it became known as Ross' Texas Brigade. While a member of Ross' Texas Brigade, Rose was wounded at least three times, once severely.

    After the war, Rose's family plantation, Forest Grove, was confiscated by the "Reconstruction" forces that were the prime instigators in the Sutton-Taylor Feud that Rose so ably chronicles in this book. Rose then committed himself to his newspaper and writing work. Rose is most widely known as a Texas historian publishing "The Texas Vendetta; Or, The Sutton-Taylor Feud" (1880); "Ross' Texas Brigade" (1881); "Some Historical Facts in Regard to the Settlement of Victoria, Texas: Its Progress and Present Status" (1883), and "The Life and Services of General Ben McCulloch" (1888).

    In this book, Rose paints a vivid picture of the collision of the indigenous, defiant southerner----the Taylors----and the Scalawag/Carpetbagger power structure----the Sutton faction---- created by the Reconstruction Laws. He had first-hand knowledge of the participants on both sides and access to the people and records of the period. Out of this, he creates a picture of a fractured society, divided by war and preyed upon by unscrupulous authorities.

    A first-hand look at this famous Texas Feud for the interested reader and student of Texas Ranger history.

    There are approximately 21,100+ words and approximately 70+ pages at 300 words per page in this e-book.

    NOTE: This book has been scanned then OCR (Optical Character Recognition) has been applied to turn the scanned page images back into editable text. Then every effort has been made to correct typos, spelling, and to eliminate stray marks picked up by the OCR program. The original and/or extra period images, if any, were then placed in the appropriate place and, finally, the file was formatted for the e-book criteria of the site. This means that the text CAN be re-sized, searches performed, & bookmarks added, unlike some other e-books that are only scanned---errors, stray marks, and all.

    We have added an Interactive Table of Contents & an Interactive List of Illustrations if any were present in the original. This means that the reader can click on the links in the Table of Contents or the List of Illustrations & be instantly transported to that chapter or illustration.

    Our aim is to provide the reader AND the collector with long out-of-print (OOP) classic books at realistic prices. If you load your mobile device(s) with our books, not only will you have fingertip access to a large library of antiquarian and out-of-print material at reasonable prices, but you can mark them up electronically & always have them for immediate reference without worrying about damage or loss to expensive bound copies.

    We will be adding to our titles regularly, look for our offerings on your favorite e-book site.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMaine Book Barn Publishing
    Release dateOct 20, 2013
    ISBN9781501467530
    The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas: Texas Ranger Tales, #2

    Read more from Victor M. Rose

    Related to The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud

    Titles in the series (4)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Wars & Military For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Wis. Girl Missing For 3 Months Is Found — And Helps Deputies Catch Alleged Captor

      Jan 11, 2019

      Jayme Closs went missing the day her parents were found dead. On Thursday, she approached a woman and said she'd been taken. The man who allegedly abducted her and killed her parents is now in jail.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Buried In Her Own Backyard

      May 25, 2020

      Buried In Her Own Backyard
      3 min read

    • Article

      Snapshots

      Jun 10, 2022

      Snapshots
      1 min read

    • Article

      Unthinkable

      Sep 23, 2021

      Unthinkable
      4 min read

    • Article

      Ranch Living in Tubac

      Oct 4, 2022

      Ranch Living in Tubac
      3 min read

    • Article

      Fort Found

      Jun 29, 2021

      Fort Found
      1 min read

    • Article

      Melbourne

      May 29, 2019

      Melbourne
      26 min read

    • Article

      One-Skillet Dinner

      Nov 30, 2021

      One-Skillet Dinner
      1 min read

    • Article

      Name That KILLER

      May 7, 2020

      When sex workers in Dallas, Texas, started showing up dead with their eyeballs missing, terror spread through the city. Many people are fascinated by eyes, but none as much as the Eyeball Killer. Charles Frederick Albright was born in Texas in 1933.

      5 min read

    • Article

      No./ 11 SMILEY FACE KILLERS

      Jan 11, 2021

      No./ 11 SMILEY FACE KILLERS
      1 min read

    • Article

      Texas Rangers Turn 200

      Dec 6, 2022

      Texas Rangers Turn 200
      12 min read

    • Article

      Divided Times

      Oct 29, 2020

      Divided Times
      4 min read

    • Article

      Transformed Lives

      Sep 21, 2021

      A Worse Place Than Hell is a cogent, elegantly written examination of the far-reaching impact of a single battle. “More concerned with the personal than the political,” author John Matteson eschews history on the grand scale for a view shaped by the

      7 min read

    • Article

      Sam Houston’s EAST TEXAS

      Jan 30, 2020

      Sam Houston’s EAST TEXAS
      10 min read

    • Article

      Rival Bonds

      Dec 24, 2019

      Rival Bonds
      7 min read

    • Article

      Texas Tough

      Jan 12, 2021

      Texas Tough
      10 min read

    • Article

      Walking Contradiction

      Nov 27, 2018

      Walking Contradiction
      1 min read

    • Article

      Whistler’s Murder

      Jul 24, 2018

      Whistler’s Murder
      4 min read

    • Article

      Roundup

      Jul 6, 2021

      Roundup
      9 min read

    • Article

      Table Talk

      Jun 25, 2019

      Table Talk
      9 min read

    • Article

      The Worst Us Presidents

      Aug 15, 2019

      The Worst Us Presidents
      9 min read

    • Article

      'God Save Texas' Is Lawrence Wright’s Affectionate, Eye-opening, Slightly Rueful Love Letter To His Native State

      Apr 19, 2018

      Intended to be part travelogue, part reportage, and part memoir, 'God Save Texas' reads less like a coherent narrative and more like a collection of essays.

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud - Victor M. Rose

      VICTOR M. ROSE

      Additional materials Copyright © by Harry Polizzi and Ann Polizzi 2013.

      All rights reserved.

      EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION.

      Victor Marion Rose (1842-1893), the author of The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas, was an editor, lawyer, poet, and Texas historian born in Victoria Texas. He was the third in a large family of twelve children. His family background greatly influenced his interest in history. A great grandfather, John served in the Continental army and subsequently married Mary Washington who was a niece of George Washington, the first president of the United States. One of his grandfathers was with General Andrew Jackson at the pivotal battle of New Orleans, where he commanded a company. His father was Chief Justice of Victoria County, a member of the first Texas Legislature, and a member of the Texas Secession Convention. Rose grew up on a large plantation in Victoria County and attended Rutersville College in Fayette County and Centenary College in Louisiana.

      When Texas seceded, Rose joined the Third Texas Cavalry as a member of Company A. This unit was known as the Texas Hunters and was commanded by Colonel Elkanah Green. The Third Texas Cavalry regiment was attached first to the overall command of the legendary Texas frontiersman and Indian fighter, Ben McCulloch, and later to Ross' Texas Brigade. (See list of Additional E-books for Interested Readers at the end of this book for details on our E-book title Ross' Texas Brigade.) While engaged in the Civil War in various campaigns as a member of Ross' Texas Brigade, Rose was wounded at least three times, once severely. Ultimately captured and imprisoned at the notorious POW camp at Chase, Ohio where he almost died of starvation. He was released in 1865, at the end of hostilities, and recovered his health at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

      When he returned to Texas in the spring of 1866, Rose married Julia Hardy. They soon had a daughter, but tragedy struck in the autumn of 1867 in the form of an epidemic of Yellow Fever which killed both Rose's wife and his child, and nearly killing him into the bargain.

      During this same period, the family plantation, Forest Grove, was confiscated by the Reconstruction forces that were the prime instigators in the Sutton-Taylor Feud that Rose so ably lays out in this book. The strong-willed Rose henceforth committed himself to work. He became co-editor and publisher of the Victoria Advocate. He later moved to Laredo, Texas and became editor of the Laredo Times as well as writing poetry and Texas history. Rose is most widely known as a Texas historian publishing The Texas Vendetta; Or, The Sutton-Taylor Feud (1880); Ross' Texas Brigade (1881); Some Historical Facts in Regard to the Settlement of Victoria, Texas: Its Progress and Present Status (1883), and The Life and Services of General Ben McCulloch (1888). In 1891, Rose left Laredo, Texas for Rains County, where he edited the Emory Star and subsequently died of pneumonia on February 5, 1893. He left an unpublished manuscript on the life of Ben McCulloch's brother Henry, as well as several short stories.

      As noted above, Rose knew first hand of the opportunities for thievery created by the Reconstruction Laws enacted after the surrender of the Southern armies in 1865. The assassination of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, an admitted southern partisan, removed the one man who might have made Reconstruction lenient by his compassion and political foresight. Instead, the Republican radicals in Congress led by Thaddeus Stevens in the House and Charles Sumner in the Senate held sway. Stevens and Sumner were determined to punish the rebel states for their rebellion for both political agendas, and to foster Sumner's personal grudge dating back to the 1850s when South Carolina's Representative Preston Brooks beat Sumner with a cane after Sumner made an anti Slavery speech in the Senate. The harsh Reconstruction Acts attracted all sorts of men to the occupied South, none of them with the slightest intention of making their fortunes honestly by dint of hard work.

      These Scalawags——usually people from other parts of the South who went to profit from Reconstruction where they were not known to be southerners, and Carpetbaggers, men who came from the North to pick the bones of the South——flooded into the defeated South to steal and rule using the guise of the Reconstruction Acts and backed by Union army bayonets.

      In The Texas Vendetta; Or, The Sutton-Taylor Feud, Rose paints a vivid picture of the collision of the indigenous defiant southerner——the Taylors——and the Scalawag/Carpetbagger power structure——the Sutton faction——created by the Reconstruction Laws.

      Like the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, which some maintain began over a lost court case involving a dispute over a pig, Texas' bloodiest feud's actual roots are not accurately known. Some of the folk-tales that have sprung up around it say the feud began when Creed Taylor hanged a local Union man who refused to grind corn for Confederate wives. In the hard times of want that then existed in Texas, this refusal to grind corn——if true——was tantamount to extreme cruelty. Other reasons put forward at the time claim it was over unbranded cattle; starting when one of the Taylor's stole cattle from a local widow and William Sutton a Reconstruction law official took her cause as his own. Still another theory maintains that Creed Taylor's son Phillip Dubois Taylor, who was known locally as Do'boy, was drinking in a Mason County saloon on November 14, 1867. Do'boy's brother, Hays Taylor, was outside the saloon reading a newspaper when a squad of U.S. soldiers passed by. One of the squad reportedly stopped and grabbed Hays Taylor's hat brim, jerked it up and said, What do you find so interesting, you damned rebel? At first Hays merely resumed reading, but then the soldier pushed the hat down over his eyes. Hays promptly shot the man through the heart and then for good measure, shot a sergeant who intervened. The result was that a reward was posted for both Hays and Do'boy.

      JOHN WESLEY HARDIN.

      In March 1868, William Sutton, who was a deputy sheriff and therefore a part of the Reconstruction establishment, led a posse from Clinton, Texas in pursuit of a gang of horse thieves. Sutton and his posse caught up with the alleged thieves on the street in Bastrop, Texas where he killed one of the men who went by the name of Charley Taylor. It is not clear if this man was one of the Taylor family for whom the feud is named. At the time, Sutton captured a second alleged horse thief named James Sharp. Sharp was shot and killed on

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1