Texas During Civil War Timeline

By DivaMarburger

  • February 1861

    February 1861
    Texans vote,by more than 3 to 1, to secede from United States

  • October 1861

    October 1861
    Troops leave San Antonio for New Mexico,planning to capture the South West for the Confederacy

  • October 1862

    October 1862
    Union forces capture Galvasten

  • January 1863

    January 1863
    President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

  • September 1863

    September 1863
    A Union attempt to invade Texas is turned back at Sabine Pass

  • November 1863

    November 1863
    President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the close of ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

  • April 1864

    April 1864
    In battle near Mansfield,Louisiana,Confederate forces stop a Union invasion of Northeastern Texas

  • May 1865

    May 1865
    The last land battle of the war is fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas.