The life record of H. W. Graber / A Terry Texas Ranger, 1861-1865; sixty-two years in Texas

The author recounts his life from childhood in Germany through immigration to Texas, early work in trades and surveying, family losses, and participation in the Civil War as a member of a Texas cavalry unit, describing engagements, wounds, capture, imprisonment, escape, and rejoining his command. He then narrates postwar challenges during Reconstruction, business ventures, community and fraternal involvement, efforts to support Confederate veterans, and later-life reflections on family and public events. The narrative blends battlefield memoir, prison experiences, entrepreneurial setbacks and recoveries, and local civic activity into a chronological personal account.