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Election of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was voted for the US President in 1860 aganist Stephen Douglas. This effected the states because Lincoln did not want to have Slaves -
Texas Secedes from Union
Texas left the Union because Abraham Lincoln was voted for President. This effected the South States to leave the US and make their own government. The South States wanted Stephan Douglas for the US President. -
Houston kicked out of office
Sam Houston refused to swear to the Confederacy when Texas seceded from the Union to not fight in a war. Later Houston was removed from governor. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil war. The confederacy won the battle againest the union. The union had only 80-90 men holding on a fort and the confederate had over 6000 troops. -
Battle of Galveston Jan 1, 1863
The the battle of galveston was the 2nd battle in the civil war. The Confederacy won the battle betting the union. The union had six gunboats and the Confederate had two gunboats. -
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3 of 1863. The battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodest battles of the civil war. The Confederacy won over the union after there long days of fighting. -
Battle of Sabine Pass
The confederacy won the Battle of Sabine pass over the union by destroying two gun boats and 200 union men where killed in the fight of Sabine pass. -
Red River Campaign
The Red River Campaign ended on May 22,1864. A long pust to put Union troops in to Texas. They fought in Louisiana (Red River). The union had about 30,000 and the Confederacy 6,000-15,000 troops. -
End of Civil War April 9, 1865
By the end of the four year war the union came out on top over the confederacy. Robert E. Lee surrounded Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse. -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The last land battle of the civil war. The battle was on the rio grand in Texas the confederacy won over the union. The confederate had about 300 and the union had about 500 men. -
Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas in June 1865. -
Reconstruction Ends
The freed slaves where able to vote for the first time 1876. Ulysses S. Grant was the president at the time. This era was the protection of African Americans in the South.
