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Election of Lincoln
The division between the North and South is evident during the election. Abraham Lincoln received no votes in nine states in the South and was not even added to the ballot in some states. In 996 counties in the entire South, Lincoln won 2 of them. Even though Lincoln did not win the popular vote, he won the election with a total of 180 electoral votes. -
Texas Seccedes From the Union
A convention in Texas voted to secede, subject to ratification in a popular election to be held on Feb. 23. Texas’ secession would mean that seven adjacent states from South Carolina to the eastern boundary of New Mexico now formed over 2,000 miles of contiguous territory governed by states that had withdrawn from the Union.Whatever other southern states did, there was now the potential for a viable southern confederacy, and delegates from seceded states formed a new government. -
Sam Houston is Kicked Out of Office
Sam Houston's ardent stand in favor of the Union made him an increasingly controversial figure as the pressures that would lead to the Civil War grew greater, which made some Southerners considered him a traitor. Events moved too quickly for Houston to control and one by one his efforts failed. This message from the Convention, just four days before Houston was forced from office, shows the continuing tug-of-war for control of the state's machinery of gov. between Houston and the Convention. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor,Garrison commander Anderson refused. At 2:30 pm, April 13, Major Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter, evacuating the garrison on the following day. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening of the American Civil War, ofcourse there were no casualties during the bombardment . -
Battle of Galveston
Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder was a gereral in this battle, At 3:00 am on New Year’s Day, 1863, four Confederate gunboats appeared, coming down the bay toward Galveston. Soon afterward, the Rebels commenced a land attack. The Confederates captured or killed all of them except for the regiment’s adjutant.Galveston was in Confederate hands again although the Union blockade would limit commerce in and out of the harbor. -
Battle of Gettysburg
From Jul 1-3 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most crucial battles of the Civil War. Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, sometimes referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion".The battle brought devastation to the residents of Gettysburg. -
Battle of Sabine Pass
On September 23, 1862, the Union Steamer Kensington, Schooner Rachel Seaman, and Mortar Schooner Henry James appeared off the bar at Sabine Pass. The next morning, the two schooners crossed the bar, took position, and began firing on the Confederate shore battery. Union control of Sabine Pass made later incursions into the interior possible. -
Red River Campaign
From March 10- May 22 1864
This campaign was a combined army-navy venture involving a move up the Red River to gain control of western Louisiana and Arkansas and cut off Confederate supplies flowing from Texas. The overall commander of the campaign was General
Nathaniel P.Banks, while Rear Admiral David Porter
commanded the naval forces. The expedition had cost the Union army over five thousand casualties and many pieces of artillery. The Navy lost over 300 men, and lots of military supplies. -
The End of the Civil War
The war resolved two fundamental questions left unresolved by the revolution: whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government; and whether this nation, born of a dec. that all men were created with an equal right to liberty, would stay largest slaveowning country in the world.Northern victory kept the US as one nation, ended the institution of slavery that had split the nation from the start. -
Battle of Palominto Ranch
On May 12-13 the Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought and won by the confederates in south Texas. This was the last major clash of arms in the Civil War, occurring even though the war was technically over.This battle also demonstrates that the Civil War could have continued after April 9th, 1865 in guerrilla warfare. -
Juneteenth
The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.Many slaves in Texas did not formally hear about freedom until June 19, 1865, when General Gordon Granger and 1800 Union troops arrived in Galveston and issued a proclamation declaring all slaves in Texas to be free.They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts, and that they will not be supported idleness, either there or elsewhere. -
Reconstrution 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. Reconstruction had come to an end.
