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Election Of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was against Stephen A. Douglas for a presedential vote.The ones who lost were 3 other people.It effected the Civil War by stopping Slavery. -
TX Secedes from Union
The texans had to vote whether they wanted Texas a seperate sessesion or not. The texans who voted to session did so over their objections of their Governor. Texas became its own country away from the other States. -
Houston kicked out of office
Sam houston gets kicked out of office because he refused to pledge allegance to the Confederate States of America. Houston ended his illustrious carrier in public service. Many people voted for Sam Houston to secede. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day. -
Battle of Galveston
The Battle of Galveston or the Second Battle of Galveston was a land battle that occurred on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War when Confederate troops under General John Magruder attacked and expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Sabine Pass
The First Battle of Sabine Pass or the Bombardment of Fort Sabine was a land battle during the American Civil War in Sabine Pass, Texas. In addition to strengthening the Union naval blockade of the Texas coastline, it was also intended to open the way for a possible amphibious assault on the Confederate town of Sabine Pass -
Red River Capaign
At the time of the Red River Campaign in April 1864, the outcome of the Civil War appeared to be decided. The agricultural South had fought long and hard against the industrial North, but the zeal and military prowess of the Confederates was not enough to prevail against the vast resources of the North. -
End of Civil War
The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring, 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. The last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 13, 1865. -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
PALMITO RANCH, BATTLE OF. On May 13, 1865, more than a month after the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the last land action of the Civil War took place at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville. Early in the war the Union army had briefly occupied Brownsville but had been unable to hold the city. -
Juneteenth
The end of slavery in America is still celebrated today, in the form of the Juneteenth celebration. The name comes from the day of June and Nineteenth, or June 19th. This was the day that slavery ended in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 -
Reconstruction Ends
In 1867, the political battle between President Johnson and Congress over southern Reconstruction came to a confrontation.
