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The Battle of Galveston
- a Union warship came to the Galveston coast and began a blockade, preventing supplies from entering Galveston and forcing the current island occupants to surrender.
- Texas developed a plan to take back Galveston by creating two warships named Neptune and Bayou City.
- After Neptune sank and Bayou City captured a Union ship, the rest of the Union surrendered and Texas regained controll of Galveston for the rest of the war.
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Texas Civil War Battles
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The Battle of Sabine Pass
- Union leaders made plans to invade TX through the Sabine Pass. They started by taking down the fort that protected the pass which was only guarded by about 40 men.
- Union ships shot at the fort with cannons.
- The Union then became in shooting range of the Confederates and were taken down. Some retreated and about 300 were captured.
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Battle of Laredo
-Union soldiers wanted to storm Laredo and burn its store of cotton.
- When the battle began Colonel Santos Benavides and his troops fought the Union off.
- Benavides said that the vigorous fire of his gallant men is what drove the Union off. -
Red River Campaign
- Union troops planned to move up the Red River into Louisiana and to Texas in hope to destroy the Confederate factories at Henderson, Marshall, and Tyler.
- The Confederate forces defeated Banks's forces when they fought the battle of Mansfield.
- Banks fought Taylor at Pleasant Hill, which was the largest battle west of the Mississpippi River.
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Battle of Palmito Ranch
- Final Battle of the American Civil War.
- After two attacks from Barret, Ford and his determined troops fought back.
- Ford kept attcking until the Union surrendered, making this battle a confederate victory.