Um, sorry, but I was talking in present terms not what happened many years ago.
But, Texans fought in the Confederate Army? Good for them.
Sam Houston and David Crockett went from Tennessee to Texas to help defend a fledgling nation? Good for them.
My remark was not meant to be unkind in nature. I meant it as a compliment. If you did not take it as such then I apologize for my poor words causing your misunderstanding. I view Texas and its people as an entity onto itself. I would be proud if somebody from outside my state viewed it that way but it is not so.
I mean only that your regional assignment was erroneous. The eastern part of Texas is part of the Piney Woods belt which extends for thousands of miles along the southern and eastern coast and is a geomorphological artifact of a shared geological history. The eastern section of the State having been most heavily populated in the 19th century, the cultural affinities of Texas have been closest to the South.
There are Mexican and High Plains sections of the state, but those physiographic provinces have always been less heavily populated.
That's all.
Texas contributed 70,000 troops to the Confederate Cause, and the First Texas Infantry, (Hoods Brigade) will always live in fame as Lee's Grenadier Guards. Lee always called on his Texas boys, whenever there was a tough job to be done.......:)