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When the northern and southern democrates split into to partys it gave the republicans (Abraham Lincoln) enough votes to win the election. He also was not on lots of the states ballots.
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When Houston refused to call the texas legislater to consider it the citizens were prepared to act without him. Finaly Houston called the Legislature into session. Texas then secedes.
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Houston was kicked out of office because he refused to call the texas legislater to consider seceding texas.
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General Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.
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the battle of Galveston was a land battle that ended with Confederate forces driving out the Union ships.
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it was faught around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war.
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During the fight a Union flotilla of four gunboats and seven troop transports steamed into Sabine Pass and up the Sabine River with the intention of reducing Fort Griffin and landing troops to begin occupying Texas. As the gunboats approached Fort Griffin, they came under accurate fire from six cannons. The Confederate gunners at Fort Griffin had been sent there as a punishment.
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The Red River Campaign started march 10th and went through may 22nd 1864. The campaign was a Union initiative fought between approximately 30,000 Union troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, and Confederate troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor.
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There were many causes of the civil war, including differences between northern and southern states on the idea of slavery, trade, tariffs, and states rights.The war ended in Spring 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant. There were battles after this date but this is generally considered the official end of the civil war.
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The Battle of Palmito Ranch is generally recognized as the final battle of the American Civil War, being the last engagement of any significance involving casualties. The battle was fought on the banks of the Rio Grande.
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Juneteenth is the day when all slaves in America became free.
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1877 The nation was prepared to abandon its commitment to equality for all citizens no matter of race.
