Texas Secession
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Chapter 14
The Civil War
Texas Secession
Chapter 14 – Section 1
Governor Houston’s
Response to Secession
Sam Houston tried his best to prevent
secession.
Sam Houston even hoped that Texas would
remain independent instead of joining the
Confederate States of America.
March 16, the Secession Convention required all
government officials to take a new oath to
pledge their loyalty to the Confederacy.
When Sam Houston was called to take the oath,
he remained quiet and the office of governor of
Texas was declared vacant.
Sam Houston remained in his “steamboat
house” until his death in July of 1863.
Sam Houston’s Steamboat
House
Advantages vs.
Disadvantages
The South:
11 states - 9 million
people
Army- 600,000 1,500,000 total
No real Navy
Superior military leaders
Strong motivation
Fighting on home
ground
Fighting for States’
Rights and Slavery
The North:
23 states – 22 million
people
Army- 2 million
Navy - 671 ships
Superior leadership Lincoln
Military power
Industrial power
¾ more railroads
Weak motivation
Far from home
Leaders of the Army
The Confederates:
The Union:
General
General
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S.
Grant
Texas Fight for the
Confederacy
Chapter 14 – Section 2
Texans Fight for the
Confederacy
Francis R. Lubbock was
elected as the new
Confederate Governor of
Texas.
Jefferson Davis was the
new elected President of
the Confederate States of
America.
Plan: remove all U.S.
(federal) troops from Texas
and other Confederate
states.
U.S. troops at Fort Sumter
refused to leave, and so began
the war on April 21, 1861.
Military Strength of Texas
60,000 to 70,000 men volunteer to fight for the
Confederacy.
By 1862, 32 companies had been organized
with Texas fighters.
Texas Brigade
Sent to Virginia to fight
Later named Hood’s Texas Brigade in honor of
their first commander, John Bell Hood.
General Lee called these men “my Texans.”
Military Strength in Texas
Terry’s Texas Rangers
Commanded by General Benjamin Frank Terry
Ross’ Brigade
Commanded by General Lawrence “Sul” Ross
Many Texans who fought in the war fought for
the Army of Northern Virginia, the Army of
Tennessee, or the Army of the TransMississippi.
Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and Ben
McCulloch led their troops until each bravely
fell during battle.
Sending More Troops to
Fight
Once the volunteers stopped signing up to
fight, the Confederacy needed more troops.
The Confederacy began a draft requiring men
to serve in the military.
This draft angered many people
Soldiers who volunteered did not trust the men who
were forced to fight.
The draft law allowed for men who owned 20 or
more slaves to stay at home instead of fight.
The draft also threatened cotton production. How?
Military Affairs in Texas
Most of the fighting in Texas centered on
Confederate efforts to keep the Gulf Coast
ports open.
“Storehouse of the Confederacy”
Texas provided weapons, food and horses for the
war effort.
No major battles were fought in Texas,
however, several important events took place
on the coast or near the state border.
Battle of
Galveston Island
President Lincoln had ordered a blockade of
Southern ports to stop the shipment of supplies.
Galveston was one of the most important ports
in Texas.
Union troops captured the island.
Confederate General Magruder launched an
attack to retake the island on January 1, 1863.
Soldiers sailed to the island on cottonclads, or
flatbottom boats lined with cotton bales to protect the
soldiers from bullets.
Confederate troops took over Galveston Island and
they remained in control until the end of the war.
Freedom!
On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the
“Emancipation Proclamation.”
It said “…all persons held as slaves
within any state…in rebellion against the
United States, shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever free.”
Other Texas Military
Campaigns
On September 8, 1863, the battle of Sabine
Pass took place.
Sabine Pass is a narrow channel along the eastern
border of Texas.
As Union troops attempted to pass through the
channel, they were stopped by Lt. Dowling.
Confederate troops fired upon the Union troops and
sank two ships.
Confederates hailed the victory after their defeats
at Gettysburg, PA and Vicksburg, MS.
Battle of Mansfield,
Louisiana
General Banks tried to bring troops into Texas
by going up the Mississippi River and across
the Red River.
His goal: cut off the railroads leading to and from
Texas
Confederate soldiers were waiting on the
Union soldiers and fired upon sight.
Confederates win the battle and force the
Union troops to retreat.
Texas was now safe from invasion.
Surrender!
On April 9, 1865, General Lee and his
troops surrender to General Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.
Terms of surrender:
Rebels had to lay down their arms
Could not join military again
There would be no jailing or hanging
South would not be punished
The War is over!...or is it??
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The last land battle of the Civil War.
Fought on March 12, 1865, about one month
after the official surrender of the
Confederacy.
Unaware the war was over, Union forces
fired upon the Confederate forces in what
became a skirmish at Palmito Ranch.
Although the Confederates won this
battle, they had already lost the war.