Too Defiant to Die: The Last Texas at Stone's River

Danger and action gallop through Civil War Tennessee as a band of adventurous free-wheeling Texas scouts under the fiery leadership of Captain Rory Evans battle Union armies and Confederate politics in a time and place when the price of being a man was going out to be killed and pretending not to care. From unmarked trails to vast battlefields, the grim riders of the Last Texas duel with death in middle Tennessee’s hill country during the twilight of 1862. The fighting never ends as they unleash desperate attacks and daring raids on everyone who crosses their path, from marauders who prey on civilians to Union troops hunting easy glory. The Texans’ willingness to risk it all through their harsh brand of no-holds barred war is personified in their leader, Captain Rory Evans, who disobeys the rules he doesn’t like, forges an unlikely friendship with a Yankee nurse and her family and engages in a fierce war of wills with the indomitable Confederate General Braxton Bragg. As the rival armies clash in the pivotal battle of Murfreesboro, Evans’ thirst for personal revenge drives him to a desperate confrontation with his past. With victory on the line, the Last Texas rides into the maelstrom of the three-day battle’s crucial charge putting their lives at risk for the hope of victory. Whether foraging for whiskey and food, scouting for trouble, finding women, or flouting everyone’s rules but their own, the Last Texas and Evans remain to the end – just like the Rebel Army of Tennessee -- too defiant to die.