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The Second Battle of Sabine Pass (September 8, 1863) was a failed Union Army attempt to invade the Confederate state of Texas during the American Civil War. [2] The Union Navy supported the effort and lost three gunboats during the battle, two captured and one destroyed. It has often been credited as the war's most one-sided Confederate victory ...
Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site is located in Jefferson County, Texas, where the Sabine River enters the Gulf of Mexico. The site is the location of a significant Civil War battle. In September 1863, members of the Davis Guard—led by Confederate Lt. Richard "Dick" Dowling —held off a Union attack at Sabine Pass , a key port for ...
The Bandit War, or Bandit Wars, was a series of raids in Texas that started in 1915 and finally culminated in 1919. They were carried out by Mexican rebels from the states of Tamaulipas , Coahuila , and Chihuahua .
Fort Manhassett was a group of earthen fortifications that guarded the western approaches to Sabine City, Texas during the American Civil War, operating in service of the Confederate Army from October 1863 to May 1865. A segment of 'Plan of Sabine Pass: of its defenses and means of communications', showing the works and their individual ...
Union: Union victory in Northern Alabama. January 27, 1864: Battle of Fair Garden: Tennessee: C: Inconclusive: Union victory followed by withdrawal. February 6 –7, 1864: Battle of Morton's Ford: Virginia: D: Inconclusive: Diversionary Union attack. February 13, 1864: Battle of Middle Boggy Depot: Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time) D: Union
Map of Galveston Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle of the American Civil War, when Confederate forces under Major Gen. John B. Magruder expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston, Texas on January 1, 1863.
In May 1865, Benavides's regiment participated in the last land battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Palmito Ranch. After the war ended, he resumed his merchant and ranching activities and remained active in politics. He served three terms in the Texas State Legislature from 1879 to 1885. [6] He died in Laredo and is buried there.
The Battle of Brownsville took place on November 2–6, 1863 during the American Civil War. It was a successful effort on behalf of the Union Army to disrupt Confederate blockade runners along the Gulf Coast in Texas. [1] The Union assault precipitated the capture of Matamoros by a force of Mexican patriots, led by exiled officers living in ...