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July 8, 1860. That day, a series of mysterious fires broke out in North Texas.
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On January 21, 1861, the legislature met in Austin and was addressed by Houston to discuss seccesion
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texas secedes from, the union
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This ordinance was approved by the voters of the state, on February 23
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Lincoln is inaugurated president of the United States on March 4, 1861
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April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter
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on April 15 President Lincoln issued a call for volunteers to "preserve the Union" by force of arms.
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News of the firing on Fort Sumter was received at Austin on April 17, 1861
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On October 4, 1862, the Federals who had been maintaining the blockade of the gulf coast made an attack on Galveston.
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On December 29, 1862, General Magruder arrived at Virginia Point to direct the expedition against the federals at Galveston
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John B. Magruder recaptured Galveston on January 1, 1863
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A force of 7,000 Union troops landed at Brazos Santiago near the mouth of the Rio Grande and stormed inland to seize Brownsville
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on September 6, 1863, three or four of the Federal vessels entered the harbor and commenced bombarding the fort in Galveston which was manned by Dowling’s little garrison
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September 8, 1863. At the Battle of Sabine Pass, a small garrison of 46 Confederates from the 1st Texas Heavy Artillery, defeated a much larger Union invasion force
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September 8, 1863, the four Union gunboats entered the channel and opened fire on Fort Griffin.
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In November 5, 1863, an army of six thousand Federals, under General Banks, took possession of Brownsville, the small force of Confederates there retiring without resistance.
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Pendelton Murrahcame into office at a time when the fortunes of war had begun to go against the Confederacy
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March 12, 1864, Gen. U. S. Grant was made commander in chief of the Union forces.
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June 1864 the town levied a tax on each bale to pay for road and bridge construction and to remove the abandoned corpses of overworked draft animals from the streets.
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April 9, 1865, Gen. R. E. Lee, the Confederate commander, surrendered at Appomattox.
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President Lincoln is assassinated on April 14, 1865
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May 11, 1865, tFederals attack Rebel outposts and camps at palmito Ranch
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May 27,1865 half of the original Confederate forces in Texas had deserted or been disbanded, and formal order had disappeared into lawlessness in many areas of Texas.
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Federal troops arrive in Texas to restore order on June 19, 1865,
