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Election of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the united states. He recieved only 40% of the popular vote but he still won against the other three candidates.By the time of Lincolns inauguration seven states had seceded.This event affected the Civil War because Lincoln did not approve of slaves and the south wanted to be able to have slaves so the south seceded from the country. -
TX Secedes from Union
Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the union. The Texans who voted to leave the union did so over the objections of their govener Sam Houston.This affected the civil war because when texas seceded it added one more state to the union. -
Houston kicked out of office
Sam served as a US Senator from Texas. During his term, Houston decided to run for the governers seat. He won and tried to stop Texas from seceding from the union. He failed, and when Texas did seceded, Houston was kicked out of office. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces. Opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. On April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander. Surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day. -
Battle of Galveston
The United States Navy began a blockade of Galveston Harbor. On New Year's Day four Confederate gunboats appeared, coming down the bay toward Galveston.The CS Bayou City and the CS Neptune, sailed from Houston to Galveston.A three-hour truce was called but the Union Fleet Commander ignored the negotiation offer, attempted to destroy the grounded Westfield. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg lasted 3 days. Gen. Robert E. Lee awaited the approach of Union Gen. Lee attacked the Union center on Cemetery Ridge.Lee's second invasion of the North had failed, and had resulted in heavy casualties.An estimated 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or listed as missing after Gettysburg. -
Battle of Sabine Pass
They used steamboats for battle ships. 3 union ships traveled up the sabine pass, having to pass Fort Griffin. 315 union deaths and no confederate deaths. -
Red River Campaign
The Red River Campiagn went on from March 10th - March 22nd 1864. It was a expidetion comprised a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana.The campaign was a Union initiative, fought between approximately 30,000 Union troops.Red River Campaign, which included the largest combined army-navy operation of the war, was the last decisive Confederate victory of the war. -
End of Civil War
"It would be useless and therefore cruel, to provoke the further effusion of blood." Said Confederate General Robert E. Lee, "and I have arranged to meet with General Grant with a view to surrender." After four years of fighting the Civil War. Lee knew it was time to put an end to the fighting. -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The Battle of Palmito Ranch is generally reckoned as the final battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on the banks of the Rio Grande, east of Brownsville, Texas. Union and Confederate forces in Southern Texas had been observing an unofficial truce.When Union Colonel Theodore H. Barrett ordered an attack on an enemy camp near Fort Brown, for reasons unknown. (Some claimed that Barrett was eager for his first chance of action before the war ended.) -
Juneteenth
Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery.On June 19, standing on the balcony of Galveston's Ashton Villa, Granger read aloud the contents of "General Order No. 3," announcing the total emancipation of slaves:The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. -
Reconstruction Ends
In the 1870's, violent opposition in the South and the North's retreat from its commitment to equality. While it resulted in the end of Reconstruction.
