Texan Battles of the Civil War

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Texan Battles of the Civil War
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Glorietta Pass, New Mexico 1862

• Union Col. John P. Slough and William B.
  Franklin
• Confederacy Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley and John
  Baylor
• Preventive Strike
• Confederacy withdraws

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Galveston 1862 and 1863

• Union Com. William B. Renshaw
• Confederacy Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder
• Regain Galveston
• Confederate victory Galveston remains in
  control throughout war.
• Why important???

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Battle of Galveston

• Confederacy reclaims major seaport in Texas

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Sabine Pass 1863

• Union Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
• Confederacy Lt. Richard Dick W. Dowling
  (Davis Guards)
• To gain a foothold to the interior of Texas
• Resounding Confederate victory

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Battle of Sabine Pass

• Davis Guards decorated for valor by Jefferson
  Davis

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Rio Grande Campaign (Brownsville) 1863-64

• Union Col. Edmund J. Davis
• Confederacy Col. John S. Rip Ford
• Union attempt to halt trade
• Confederacy regains Brownsville forcing the Union
  to withdraw.

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Red River Campaign 1864

• Union Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
• Confederacy Gen. Richard Taylor
• Union attempt to invade Texas
• Confederates repel Union attack (Mansfield, LA)

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Palmito Ranch May 13, 1865

• Union Col. Theodore H. Barrett
• Confederacy Col. John S. Rip Ford
• Union attempt to invade from Rio Grande
• Confederates turn back Union troops
• After surrender

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Confederacy Surrenders

• On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee (Army of Northern
  Virginia Confederacy) surrendered to Ulysses S.
  Grant (Army of the Potomac) at Appomattox
  Courthouse, Virginia.