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Election of Lincoln
When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, seven slave states left the Union to form the Confederate States of America, and four more joined when hostilities began between the North and South. A bloody civil war then occured the nation as Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union, enforce the laws of the United States, and end the secession. The war lasted for more than four years with a staggering loss of more than 600,000 Americans dead -
TX Secedes from Union
A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union. Texas secession would mean that seven adjacent states from South Carolina to the eastern boundary of New Mexico now formed over 2,000 miles of territory governed by states that had withdrawn from the Union, and formed a new government. -
Houston kicked out of office
Houston decided to run for the governor's seat. He won and tried to keep Texas from seceding from the Union. He failed, and when Texas did secede, Houston was thrown out of office because he refused to pledge allegence to the Confederate States of America. Sam Houston died on July 26, 1863. He is the only person to be thrown out of the governor's office in two different states. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Sumter has to do with military aspects. strictly military terms, the battle between Union and Confederate forces at Fort Sumter scarcely caused attention. After a relatively brief bomb attack, the small Union garrison surrendered a of questionable military value to either side. Not a single human life was lost during the fighting, as compared to the massive, momentous, and bloody fighting at Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, or at Cold Harbor during the Wilderness Campaign. -
Battle of Galveston
The Battle of Galveston, is widely known as the most important military event in Galveston’s history. A battle with Magruder’s forces retaking Galveston. Confederate losses numbered 26 killed and 117 wounded. Union losses included the captured infantry and the Harriet Lane, about 150 casualties on the naval ships, and destruction of the Westfield. The port remained under Confederate control for the rest of the war. Resulting as a Confederate victory. -
Battle of Gettysburg
On July 2, Lee tried to attack Union positions from the left and right flanks, but northern troops didnt attack. The next day, the Union army, which expected Lee to attack again on the flanks, reinforced its flanks. But Lee launched an attack on the center of the Union lines. However, a front assault against a well-fortified defensive position on a hill was very unlikely to succeed. When Lee finally ordered a retreat back into Virginia, it became clear that the Confederacy had been defeated -
Battle of Sabine Pass
One of a few Union attempts to gain control of parts of Texas during the Civil War, the Battle of Sabine Pass was a land versus sea battle. The unique part of this battle was the numbers and the lack of arms that the Texans faced in their match-up with the Union Army. In the end, the Confederates won, capturing 300 Union soldiers and two gunboats, suffering no casualties during the battle. -
Red River Campaign
The Red River Campaign was the result of a problem the North and its Union leaders had. Besides the obvious ones concerning battles and deaths and men losing their lives for the freedom for the slave cause, there were supply issues. The North had a large amount of cotton industry during the Civil War. The need for tons of raw cotton was a much needed requirement for all of the finished products. From the start to the end, the invasion, with many men losing their lives over, cotton. -
End of Civil War
The Civil War, in President Abraham Lincoln words, brought to America "a new birth of freedom." And during the war began the nations efforts to come to the terms with the destruction of slavery and to define the meaning of freedom. By the wars end it was already clear that Reconstruction would bring big changes in Southern society, and was redefined of the place of blacks in American life. -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought and won by the confederates in south Texas. This was the last major war of arms in the Civil War, occurring even though the war was technically over. On the first day the Union fleed under pressure, but returned the next day moving toward their destination of Palmito Ranch. But the Confederate troops attacked, again forcing the Union troops to evacuate for good, but this time with a good number of casualties. As a result confederate won the last war in CW. -
Juneteenth
Many slaves in Texas did not formally hear about freedom until June 19, 1865, when General Gordon Granger and 1800 Union troops arrived in Galveston and issued a proclamation declaring all slaves in Texas to be free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the Connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer. -
Reconstruction Ends
The twelve years following the Civil War carried consequences for the nation's future. Reconstruction helped set the pattern for future race relations and defined the federal government's role in promoting racial equality.Immediately following the war, all-white Southern legislatures passed black codes which denied blacks the right to purchase or rent land.
Soon The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and draft the 14th Amendment, extending citizenship rights to African Americans.
