Texas In The Civil War

Texas In The Civil War

April 1861 - May 1865

Texas Joins the Confederacy and Fights

• 25,000 Texans join the Confederate Army at the beginning

• The Union (North) tried to blockade the port of Galveston

• They tried to keep ship from landing to give Confederate troops supplies

The Battle of Galveston

• 2 Confederate ships

• 6 Union ships

• 1 Confederate ship sank

• 1 Union ship was captured

• 1 Union ship was stuck, the Union Navy blew it up

• Other Union ships retreated to New Orleans

Sum It Up

• In all over 90,000 Texans fought in the Civil War

• General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865

• The Confederacy lost

• Slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation

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Juneteenth

• The official news doesn't reach Texas that the war is over and all slaves are free for several weeks

• June 19, 1865

• General Gordon Granger and Union troops land in Galveston and begin to spread the news

• White, land-owning Texans were very bitter and nasty about this conclusion to the war

Multiple Choice

Did any Texas troops fight in the US Civil War?

• Yes

• No

• This presentation didn't tell me

Multiple Choice

Which side of the Civil War fight was Texas a part of?

• the Union

• the Confederacy

• Team Trash Panda

Multiple Choice

What did the Union Navy try to do around Galveston?

• blockade

• tunnel

Multiple Choice

Who had more ships at the Battle of Galveston?

• the Union

• the Confederacy

• Aquaman

Multiple Choice

Which side lost the Civil War?

• Confederacy

• Union

Multiple Choice

What did the Union win mean for all slaves?

• They got pizza.

• They were free.

• They now counted as 4/5 of a person.

• They got to vote.

Multiple Choice

The slaves of Texas learned about their freedom immediately after the war was over.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What do we call the holiday that celebrates the freeing of all slaves in Texas?

• Cinco De Mayo

• Memorial Day

• April 9, 1865

• Juneteeth