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Fort Worth settlers held slaves in its antebellum period. In 1860, Tarrant County had 5,170 whites and 850 slaves. When the question came to secede from the Union, most citizens were for secession, and Tarrant County voted for it. The effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction nearly wiped Fort Worth off the map during the 1860s. The city's ...
Battle of San Jacinto: near modern La Porte, Texas: April 21, 1836 After an 18-minute battle, Texans routed Santa Anna's forces, eventually taking Santa Anna prisoner. This was the last battle of the Texas Revolution. 630 Mexicans killed, 208 wounded, 730 captured and 9 Texans killed, 30 wounded. T
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
On September 8, 1847, Scott ordered William Worth to use his force of 3,250 men against the Molino del Rey building, approximately 1,000 yards from the castle itself. [2] This was known as the costly Battle of Molino del Rey , where U.S. forces had managed to drive the Mexicans from their positions near the base of Chapultepec Castle guarding ...
Map of Independence National Historic Park in January 2024 [54] The Syng inkstand, used during the signings of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, is exhibited in the park A statue of John Barry in Independence Square. Independence National Historical Park includes: Bishop White House; Carpenters' Hall; Christ Church ...
The key U.S. Navy target in the First Battle of Sabine Pass was the original earthworks thrown up on the Texas bank of the Sabine River about three miles (4.8 km) south of Sabine City, a tiny town with some wharfs on the east side of its main street. The U.S. Army battle plan was that after the U.S. Navy gunboats silenced the guns of Fort ...
Richard William Dowling (baptized 14 January 1837 – 23 September 1867) was an Irish-born artillery officer of the Confederate States Army who achieved distinction as commander at the battle of Sabine Pass (1863), the most one-sided Confederate victory during the American Civil War. [1]
Fort Worth, Texas The Monument to Confederate war soldiers was an outdoor Confederate memorial located outside of the Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth , Texas . The memorial was funded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1953.