Travis Not Alone in Vote Against Secession

RECEIVED Tue., Aug. 19, 2003

The statement on p. 50 ["From 380 Angles"] of the Aug. 15 Chronicle that Travis was the only county to vote against secession in 1861 is incorrect. It was, in fact, one of about 20 counties to so vote.
Bob Taylor
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