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Texas secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy a month later.
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A naval and land battle near the port of Galveston. The Union tried to take over that port, but the Confederacy defeated them.
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It was the result of a failed Union attempt to invade Texas. Considered the most one-sided battle in the war.
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Known as the final battle of the Civil War, even though the war had ended agreement wise.
