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The Civil War Comes to Texas

The Civil War Comes to Texas. A Choice Between Blue and Grey The Battles The Benavides Family. April 12, 1861 Confederate troops open fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Confederate States of America. 60,000 Texans join the CSA army

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The Civil War Comes to Texas

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  1. The Civil War Comes to Texas A Choice Between Blue and Grey The Battles The Benavides Family

  2. April 12, 1861 Confederate troops open fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina

  3. The Confederate States of America • 60,000 Texans join the CSA army • Some who join the CSA army do so for their love of Texas not the CSA • Texans join the cavalry not the infantry or navy Young Johnny Reb ready for war.

  4. The Union Army • Those who join are called the Texas Unionist • Mexican Americans and African Americans join the Union army • Mexicans tend to join for the pay and because the Union is against slavery

  5. Objectors to the War? • German immigrants do not fight in the war some are against slavery • 42 Germans were hung in October 1862, because CSA supporters feared they would support the Union in Texas Members of a German shooting club.

  6. The Battle of Galveston • Cotton is shipped through Mexican waters and sold to England and France • Union ships and troops capture the port of Galveston in Oct. 1862 • CSA retakes the port on January 1863 Union gunboat docked at Galveston port.

  7. The Battle of Sabine Pass • On Sept 8, 1863 Union forces attempt to block another Texas port • CSA defeat the Union forces. It is an important because its stops the Union army for taking Texas Union and CSA Naval gunships engaged in battle.

  8. The Battle of Brownsville • November 1863, the Union forces capture Brownsville • The capture of Brownsville hurts the CSA because cotton and weapons move through the port for the CSA

  9. The Battle of Laredo • March 19, 1864, 42 CSA Mexican Americans defeat 200 Union troopers for Laredo • Colonel Santos Benavides rallies men to fight • Laredo serves as a way station for cotton as it is shipped to Mexico

  10. The Benavides Brothers • Colonel Santos Benavides commands Texas Cavalry, 33rd Regiment, in an area known as "The Benavides Texas Confederacy” • The Benavides brothers all serve in the CSA as officers

  11. Hood’s Texas Brigade at Antietam: Considered one of the bravest fighting units in the Civil War

  12. The Texas Brigade!

  13. Terry’s Texas Rangers • Terry’s Texas Rangers fought in over 200 battles • John Bell Hood’s Brigade started out with over 4,000 men when war ends there are only 600 men left Over 62,000 Texans served during the Civil War more than 1/3 were cavalry troopers

  14. The Civil War Ends • General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Grant at Appomattox courthouse April 9, 1865 • Last battle of Civil War is fought at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville, Texas May 13, 1865

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