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Texas in the American Civil War
JuneteenthOn the 19th of June 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived on the island of Galveston to take command of more than 2,000 federal troops.
Battle of Palmito RanchIn early 1865, Union and Confederate forces in southern Texas observed an unofficial truce. This agreement held despite the war continuing elsewhere.
Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil WarThe year 1862 brought a specific number to the violence in Missouri. Nearly twenty-seven thousand Missourians died in guerrilla warfare that tore the state…
Texas in the American Civil WarOn the 1st of February, 1861, members of the Texas Legislature and a massive crowd of private citizens packed the House galleries to watch the final vote on…