1.21 - A City Divided
San Antonio in 1860 didn't look like the rest of Texas, or for that matter, the rest of the United States. The U.S. Civil War nearly tore the town apart all the same, and almost 1/3 of her sons fell on distant battlefields. As it had previously, however, war created opportunity, and this war laid the foundations of the great businesses that would lead San Antonio into the industrial age.
Recommended resource: Lewis Fisher, Chili Queens, Hay Wagons and Fandangos: The Spanish Plazas in Frontier San Antonio
