THE CIVIL WAR

1860

1861

• Texas and other southern states secede from union
• The CSA (confederate states of America) is formed
• Sam houston is removed as governer of Texas
• The Civil War begins at Fort Sumpter

1862

• The Conscription Act is passed
• Forty Texas Unionists are hanged in Gainesville
• Union forces capture Galveston

1863

• Texas and Confederate forces retake Galveston
• Union forced are defeated at Sabine Pass
• Pendleten Murrah is elected governer

1864

• Union forces are defeated near Red River

1865

• General Lee surrenders to General Grant
• President Lincoln is assasinated
• The last Civil War battle is at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville