Allan Coleman Ashcraft

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Allan Coleman Ashcraft

b. 1928

A historian of Texas and military intelligence, he wrote with a researcher’s eye for detail and a clear interest in how people and institutions shape events. His best-known work explores Texas during the Civil War in a concise, accessible way.

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Texas in the Civil War: A Résumé History

Texas in the Civil War: A Résumé History

by Allan Coleman Ashcraft

About the author

Allan Coleman Ashcraft, born in 1928, is known as the author of Texas in the Civil War: A Résumé History. The book reflects a strong interest in Texas history and presents the state’s role in the Civil War in a compact, readable form.

Archival records also connect him with work on the history of military intelligence in the United States Army, including a study of George Washington and the early development of American military intelligence. Taken together, these sources suggest a writer and researcher drawn to military history, institutions, and the long sweep of American historical change.

Reliable biographical details about his personal life appear to be limited in the sources I could confirm, so this overview focuses on his documented writing and research.