Battles of Civil War in Texas

The three major battles that took place in Texas during the Civil War were where?

• Sabine Pass, Palmito Ranch, Galveston

• San Antonio, San Jacinto, Brownsville,

• El Paso, Galveston, Houston

• Brownsville, Nacogdoches, Red River

This battle took place near Houston, near the mouth of the ship channel

• Battle of Galveston

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

• Battle of Sabine Pass

• Battle of Brownsville

This battle took place near the mouth of the Rio Grande in south Texas

• Battle of Galveston

• Battle of Sabine Pass

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

• Battle of Alamo

This battle took place where Texas and Louisiana seperate

• Battle of Galveston

• Battle of Sabine Pass

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

Union forces took ____ in Oct 1862. Major John Magruder captured a Union ship and reclaimed the city.

A HUGE victory for the Confederate Army. Union forces tried to take ____ ____, instead they were captured by Texans.

Battle of ____ ____, takes place AFTER the end of the Civil War.

Why were there so few battles in Texas?

• Texas was far from the rest of the Confederacy and the Union

• Texas had a lot of soldiers

• The Union was scared

The ____ ____was a plan created by the North to avoid a huge loss of life in a long war. It was created by General Winfield Smith Scott in 1861, and it included a blockade (to block off or prevent going in and out) of all of the ports in the South. The goal was to stop all business on the Mississippi River and the major ports in the South.