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Election Of Lincoln
Lincoln Won against the south and the democratic partys both split causing -
Texas Secedes From Union
The state of Texas declared its secession from the United States on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America on March 2, 1861, replacing its Governor, Sam Houston, when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. -
Houston Kicked out Of Office
Houston was thrown out of office because he refused to pledge allegence to the Confederate States of America. -
Battle At Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
Battle Of Galveston
Union Won. As part of the Union blockade of the Texas coast, Commander William B. Renshaw led his squadron of eight ships into Galveston harbor to demand surrender of the most important Texas port on October 4, 1862. Brig. Gen. Paul O. Hébert, commanding the Confederate District of Texas, had removed most of the heavy artillery from Galveston Island, which he believed to be indefensible. -
Batle Of sabine Pass
Confederates won. The battle of Sabine Pass, on September 8, 1863, turned back one of several Union attempts to invade and occupy part of Texas during the Civil War. The United States Navy blockaded the Texas coast beginning in the summer of 1861, while Confederates fortified the major ports. -
Battle Of Gettysburg
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Union Won. Lee's Invasion of the North. In May 1863, Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had scored a great victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville. -
Red River Campaign
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End Of Civil War
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Union Won! -
Battle Of Palmito Ranch
Union Won. 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
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. -
Reconstruction Ends
In the 1870's, violent opposition in the South and the North's retreat from its commitment to equality, resulted in the end of Reconstruction. By 1876, the nation was prepared to abandon its commitment to equality for all citizens regardless of race.
