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nueces
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corpus christi
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port lavaca
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battle of galveston island
Another battle ocurred in Galveston Island. President Lincoln had ordered a blokade of Southern ports to stop the shipment of supplies. Galveston was one of the most important ports in Texas. -
sabine pass
Union general Nathan P. Banks planned to move troops by ships through the pass. Then he would march norht to cut off Texas railroad connection to Lousiana. -
laredo
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mansfield
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dove creel
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palmito ranch
The last land battle of the Civil War was fought at Palmito Ranch and south Texas near Brownville. The Union blockade of Southern ports had forced Confederate troops to find another route to ship cotton out and bring in supplies