TEXAS IN THE CIVIL
WAR
Texas in the Civil War
THE ERA OF TEXAS DURING
THE CIVIL WAR WAS THE
CITIZENS WERE DIVIDED ON
THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY.
Texas in the Civil War
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF
EVENTS IN THE TEXAS CIVIL WAR:
SAM HOUSTON BEING REMOVED
AS GOVERNOR, CIVIL WAR
FOUGHT, TEXAS READMITTED TO
THE UNION AND NEW TEXAS
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED.
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THE YEAR THAT TEXAS
ENTERED THE CIVIL WAR WAS
1861.
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THE BIGGEST REASON WHY THE
DELEGATES AT THE SECCESSION
CONVENTION WAS IN FAVOR OF
TEXAS LEAVING THE UNION WAS
THAT THEY CONSIDERED SLAVERY
VITAL TO THE ECONOMY.
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THE ISSUE OF STATES’ RIGHTS
CONTRIBUTE TO THE OUTBREAK
OF THE CIVIL WAR; THERFORE,
SECEDING STATES BELIEVED THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
NOT INTERVENE IN STATE
DECISIONS.
Texas in the Civil War
THE ONLY BATTLE FOUGHT IN TEXAS
WAS AT PALMITO RANCH. THE BATTLE
WAS FOUGHT ALONG THE RIO
GRANDE RIVER, IT WAS FOUGHT
AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE
CONFEDERENCY AND THERE WAS NO
MILITARY CONFLICTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE CIVIL WAR AFTER THIS
BATTLE.
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THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE OF
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION
REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE WAS POPULAR
SOVEREIGNTY.
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WHEN SAM HOUSTON REFUSED
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF 1861, HE
WAS REMOVED AS GOVERNOR OF
TEXAS.
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THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL
WHO CAPTURED THE UNION
GARRISON AND THE STEAMER
HARRIET LANE IN THE RETAKING
OF GALVESTION WAS JOHN B.
MAGRUDER.
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THE COTTON PRODUCTION IN
TEXAS DECLINED DURING THE
WAR, BUT INCREASED SHARPLY IN
THE DECADES THAT FOLLOWED
THE WAR.
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SEPARATION OF POWERS WAS A
PRINCIPLE USED IN THE
CONSTITUTION OF 1876; WHICH
STATED THE POWERS OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF TEXAS SHALL
BE DIVIDED INTO THREE
DISTINCT DEPARTMENTS.
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THE TEXAS HOLIDAY THAT
CELEBRATES THE FREEDOM OF
SLAVES IS CALLED JUNETEENTH.
THIS TOOK PLACE IN GALVESTON
ON JUNETEETH 19, 1865.
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TEXAS WAS AFFECTED BY
COMMUNICATION ISSUES DURING
THE CIVIL WAR. THE SLOW
COMMUNICATIONS ALLOWED FOR
CONTINUED FIGHTING AND DELAYED
THE EMANCIPATION OF ENSLVED
PEOPLE FOR WEEKS AFTER THE WAR.
Texas in the Civil War
THE CIVIL WAR SLOWED THE
POPULATION GROWTH IN TEXAS,
BUT IT INCREASED RAPIDLY IN
THE DECADES AFTER THE WAR.
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LAWRENCE SULLIVAN “SUL” ROSS WAS A
GENERAL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, 19TH
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AND THE PRESIDENT
OF TEXAS A&M.