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The Civil War in Texas and Beyond
1861
Confederate States of America is formed.
• President – _________________________________________
• Capital – ___________________________________________
Battle of Fort Sumter
• Charleston, ______________________________
• _________ battle of the Civil War
• ________________ victory
First Battle of Bull Run
• Union troops tried to capture _____________________
• Stopped by Confederates and pushed all the way back to ____________________
• Showed that neither side was ___________________________________
Battle of Glorietta Pass
• Preventive strike against ___________________________________
• Texas troops tried to capture ________________ to prevent future Union attacks.
• Led by Gen. ____________________________________
1862
Battle of Shiloh
• Grant’s 1st step in trying to capture _____________________________________
• Confederate Gen.Albert Sidney Johnston was _____________________________
• _________________ casualties in 2 days.
• ______________________________________________ were part of this battle.
Forty Unionists Hanged in Gainesville
• Some _____________________ Unionists were killed trying to leave Texas.
• Other Unionists were captured, arrested, and forced into the _________________
Battle of New Orleans
• Union Admiral Farragut took New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Antietam
• Robert E. Lee tried to invade _____________________________
• __________________ killed in one day of fighting.
Union Forces Capture Galveston
• Largest Texas ____________________
• ______________ defense
• Captured ______________ by Union forces
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
• President Lincoln announced all slaves in the rebelling states were to be _______
Battle of Galveston
• Gen. John McGruder led 500 rebels across the railroad bridge from the mainland
• Gunboats (cotton clads) sailed down Buffalo Bayou from Houston and attacked
Union ships in _________________________________________
Battle of Sabine Pass
• Union troops planned to sail up Sabine River and capture ___________________.
• Stopped by Houston bartender Dick Dowling and 47 troops.
Battle of Gettysburg
• Robert E. Lee tried to invade ________________________________
• __________________ casualties in 3 day battle
• _________________________________________ played an important role.
• _______________________________ of the Civil War
• Huge _______________________________ defeat.
Battle of Vicksburg
• Gen. Grant surrounded Vicksburg, __________________________ for 6 weeks.
• Vicksburg surrendered on ________________________
• The gave the Union complete control of the ____________________________________
Battle of Brownsville
• U.S. tried to stop Confederate __________________ with Mexico by capturing
Brownsville and sailing up the Rio Grande.
• Stopped by Texas Colonel ____________________________________
1864
Red River campaign/Battle of Mansfield
• 24,000 Union troops moved across ________________________, along the Red River.
• Planned to attack _______________________________________________
• They were pushed back at ________________________, by a smaller Confederate
army from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Battle of Atlanta
• Atlanta was the South’s main ___________________________________ city.
• ____________________________ were part of the Confederate Army defending Atlanta.
• Captured and burned by Union Gen. __________________________________________
Sherman’s March to the Sea
• Sherman’s troops marched _____________miles from Atlanta to Savannah.
• Burned & destroyed everything in their path. _____________________________
• Terry’s Texas Rangers conducted _______________ style attacks against Sherman’s men
1865
Grant pursues Lee through Virginia
• Siege of ________________________ (south of Richmond)
• Union troops capture _____________________, Virginia
• Lee’s army ___________, hoping to meet up with Gen. Johnston’s army in the Carolinas
• Lee’s troops run out of _________________________________________
• Lee’s army is trapped near Appomattox, ___________________________
Appomattox Courthouse
 Robert E. Lee surrendered to ____________________ in Virginia, ending the Civil War.
Battle of Palmito Ranch
• ______________ battle of the Civil War
• Texas Confederates stopped Union troops from invading the _______________________
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
• President and Mrs. Lincoln visited __________________________ in Washington, D.C.
to see a play.
• The President was shot in the head by _______________________________________
Gen. Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston
• Union forces landed in Galveston and announced that the ______________________ and
the slaves were free.
• __________________________ - Emancipation Day