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Nueces
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Corpus Christi
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Port Lavaca
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Battle of Galveston Isalnd
About dawn on New Year's Day, 1863, the Confederate Cottonclads entered the west end of Galveston harbor.After a brief encounter and some maneuvering, the tide of battle foretold an almost certain Union victory. The Confederate ground forces had been outgunned and effectively held in check by the Federal warships. After only a brief contest at sea, one-half of the two-vessel Texas fleet was lying on the bottom of the harbor. -
Sabine Pass
Fort Griffin’s small force of 44 men, under command of Lt. Richard W. Dowling, forced the Union flotilla to retire and captured the gunboat Clifton and about 200 prisoners. -
Laredo
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Mansfield
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Dove Creek
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Palmito Ranch
Around 8:30 am, people on the Mexican side of the river informed the Rebels of the Federals’ whereabouts. Branson promptly led his men off to attack a Confederate camp at Palmito Ranch. After much skirmishing along the way, the Federals attacked the camp and scattered the Confederates.
