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Texas and other states were threatening to secede from the union. Some Texans weren't happy.
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The Presidential Election. The United States was divided into many different catagories.
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John L. Haynes built a mill to make gun powder for the Confederacy. He was a wise man.
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The Crittenden Compromise.
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The Charleston Mercury announced "The Union is Dissolved".
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Lincon's inauguration. Lincon is well known around the world.
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John R. Baylor led troops into New Mexico to claim it as a Confederate territory.
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Delegates gathered in Austin. Austin is the capital of Texas.
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Texas citizens approved the ordance by a vote of 46,129 to 14,697.
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Texas's secession from the United States became offical.
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The Secession Convention required all officals to take a new oath of office to the Confederacy.
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Fighting broke out as the beginning of the Civil War. The Civil War took place for five years. It started in 1860 and ended in 1865.
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32 companies had been organized.
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General H. H. Sibley led another Confederate army into northern New Mexico. He was not a nice man.
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Union supporters there formed a secret society called the Peace Party.
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Two forces fought in the Battle of the Nueces. It was a bloody battle.
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Confederate General John B. Magruder launched an attack to retake the island.
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John L. Haynes organized a Union cavalry unit in South Texas.
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Governor Sam Houston died in his "steamboat house". People were depressed when he passed away.
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at Sabine Pass, a narrow channel along the Louisiana border, there was a significant battle. The Sabine Pass is very long in length.
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Several counties along the Red River became popular among army deserters and others who opposed the war. The Red River is one of the largest and longest rivers in Texas and New Mexico. It seperates Texas and Oklahoma.
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Elijah P. Petty died fighting in the Red River campaign, at Pleasant Hill, Louisianna. He was a strong man.
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"Rip" Ford and Santos Benavides took over the area. These men were very powerful.
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Seemed certain the Confederacy would lose the Civil War. As so later on they lost the Civil War.
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The last land battle of the Civil War occured at Palmito ranch in South Texas near Brownsville. It is a large ranch.
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Union forces fought with Confederate troops in a skirmish at Palmito Ranch.
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Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith signed the offical surrender of the Trans-Mississippi area, including Texas.
