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CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SYSTEM. Texas Battles. from Dyer's Compendium. 1861. Engagement. USA Units (Dyer) CSA Units (Crute) Feb. 1. Adoption Secession Ordinance.
The most notable military battle in Texas during the war happened on September 8, 1863. At the Second Battle of Sabine Pass , a small garrison of 46 Confederates from the mostly-Irish Davis Guards under Lt. Richard W. Dowling , 1st Texas Heavy Artillery, defeated a much larger Union force from New Orleans under Gen. William B. Franklin .
Civil War battles in Texas. Other Names: None. Location: Jefferson County. Campaign: Operations to Blockade the Texas Coast (1863) Date(s): September 8, 1863. Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin and Capt. Frederick Crocker, U.S.N. [US]; Lt. Richard W. Dowling [CS]
Pages in category "Battles of the American Civil War in Texas". The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
First, Texas troops on Texas soil won the final battle of the Civil War, not knowing the south had capitulated a month earlier. Second, returning Texans found a population explosion of wild Longhorns, sparking the great cattle-trail drives that became American legends.
The update includes information on Sabine Pass Battleground and seven additional THC state historic sites associated with the Civil War, the Texas Civil War Monument series, Palmito Ranch Battlefield National Historic Landmark, and much more.
Texas’ historic battlefields hosted conflicts ranging from the Civil War to the wars against the Plains Indians, which offer a portal into Texas history.
This article explores the lesser-known story of the Civil War in Texas. Major battles like Gettysburg and Antietam dominate the national narrative. But the war reached far beyond these battles. Texas witnessed battles and skirmishes that shaped the state’s role in the Confederacy and contributing to the wider war effort.
Texas forces figured prominently at celebrated battle sites such as Gettysburg, Antietam, Second Manassas, Wilson's Creek, The Wilderness, Vicksburg, Corinth, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Glorieta Pass, Pea Ridge, Gaine's Mill, Franklin, and Mansfield.
VIDEO | Mark Coombs explains the role that Texas played in the Southern war effort.