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The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.
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Took Place Jan 1st 1863, it was the bloodiest battle in the war,it was the most important Texas port, John Bankhead Magruder Col. Joseph J. Cook, William B. Renshaw were the important people in the war.The confederates won and expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston. The confederates expelled the union troops from their most important Texas port. The port remained under confederate control for the remainder of the war.
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took place September 1863,the southernmost point of the border between Texas and Louisiana is where it happened
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May, 1865
Palmito Ranch, near Brownsville on the banks of the Rio Grande
Since March 1865, a gentleman’s agreement precluded fighting between Union and Confederate forces on the Rio Grande.
Lt. Col. David Branson, Col. John S. “Rip” Ford, Captain William N. Robinson
The confederates won.
It was the last clash of arms in the civil war occurring even though the war was technically over.