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.