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Allan Coleman Ashcraft
1928–1990
A Texas writer and historian best known for a concise Civil War history, he focused on making the state's past accessible to general readers. His surviving published work points to a strong interest in Texas history and public memory.
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Texas in the Civil War: A Résumé History
by Allan Coleman Ashcraft
About the author
Born in 1928 and died in 1990, Allan Coleman Ashcraft was an American writer whose best-known work is Texas in the Civil War: A Résumé History, published in 1962 by the Texas Civil War Centennial Commission. The book was written as a short, readable overview of Texas during the Civil War, suggesting a talent for presenting historical material in a clear, practical way.
Available catalog records and public-domain listings connect him most closely with Texas history rather than a large body of widely documented books. Because reliable biographical information is limited, only a few personal details can be confirmed with confidence, but his published work has remained discoverable through library catalogs and Project Gutenberg.
Ashcraft is also remembered in Texas A&M's alumni records, which helps place him within a Texas context beyond his writing. Even from the small record that survives online, his work still offers listeners and readers a compact introduction to an important chapter of Texas history.