Chapter III: Part 3

2 Burning of the railroad depot at Beaumont.
5 Capture of Galveston by U.S. forces.
10 Arrival of General J. B. Magruder to command Confederate forces
in Texas.
29 Confederate troops attack U.S. Steamer _Dan_ at Sabine City.
31 Bombardment of Lavaca by U.S. Naval forces.

November

14 Naming of A. J. Hamilton Federal Military Governor of Texas.
20 U.S. Naval action near Matagorda.
29 General J. B. Magruder assumes command of District of Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona with headquarters in Houston.

December

12 Naval action against Confederate installation on Padre Island.
24 Occupation of Galveston by Federal forces.

1863
January

1 Confederate use of a combined land and water attack to capture
Galveston as well as the _Harriett Lane_ and to destroy the
_Westfield_.
11 Naval engagement near Galveston between the Federal _Hatteras_
and the Confederate _Alabama_.
31 Confederate gunboats _Josia Bell_ and _Uncle Ben_ capture Union
warships _Morning Light_ and _Velocity_ off Sabine Pass.

March

5 Legislative addition of $200,000 to the Hospital Fund;
appropriation of $600,000 for distribution among needy members
of soldier's families and doubling of state tax rate.

April

18 U.S. Navy paid a call on Sabine Pass, resulting in capture of
landing party.

May

3 U.S. Navy landing party upon Joseph Island attacked and repulsed.
22 Capture of the schooner _Stingaree_ on the Brazos River.
30 U.S. Navy attack at Port Isabel.

August

10-13 Mutiny at Galveston.

September

8 Repulse of General Bank's expedition at Sabine Pass by
Lieutenant Dick Dowling's men.

November

2-6 Occupation of Brazos Island and Brownsville, result of Federal
combined army and navy action.
5 Pendleton Murrah inaugurated Governor.
17 Capture of Confederate battery at Aransas Pass.
22 Skirmishing in Cedar Bayou, Matagorda County.
25 U.S. Navy attack on and capture of Fort Esperanza, Matagorda
Island.

December

1 A. J. Hamilton arrives at Brownsville and attempts to exercise
authority as Military Governor of Texas.
10 Legislative authorization for the Governor to sell $2,000,000 of
cotton bonds.
15 Enactment of law defining "sedition" and "disloyalty" and
setting the punishment upon conviction before a jury.
Legislative appropriation of $200,000 for the Hospital Fund.
Legislative appropriation of $1,000,000 to be spent in the next
biennium for support and maintenance of families of Texas
officers and soldiers.
16 Appropriation of $1,000,000 in Confederate State Treasury notes
to be expended for the defense of the state's western frontier,
1864 and 1865. Severe Indian raids in Montague and Cooke
counties.
23 Indianola occupied by a Federal Brigade.
29 Skirmishing of Confederates and Federals on Matagorda Bay;
attack of U.S. Navy on Cavallo Pass.

1864
January

3 Major General Francis J. Herron assumed command of Federal
forces on the Rio Grande.
8 Naval action at entrance of Caney Creek, Matagorda County.
21-25 Reconnaissance on Matagorda Peninsula.

February

11 Bombardment and destruction of the town of Lamar, Aransas
County, by the Federal Navy.
17 Changing of conscription law to include ages 17 to 50 and to
make exemptions from service subject to approval of President
Davis.
23 Naval fighting near Indianola.

March

12 Evacuating Fort McIntosh by the Confederates.
13 Skirmishing at Los Patricios or San Patricio by Federal and
Confederate troops.
16 Skirmish at Santa Rosa, Cameron County, by Federal and
Confederate troops.
17 Attack on Corpus Christi by Confederates.
19 Federal attack on Laredo.
21 Attack at Velasco by Union blockading ship.
22 Defeat of Federals under E. J. Davis near Laredo.
Affair at Corpus Christi.

April

12-13 U.S. Navy expedition up Matagorda Bay.

June

15 Evacuation of U.S. held Cavallo Pass.
19 Skirmishing at Eagle Pass.
26 Skirmishing at Los Rucias, 24 miles from Brownsville.

July

7 Expedition into Galveston Bay by ships of the U.S. Navy.
30 Reoccupation of Brownsville by Confederate forces.

August

4-15 Military operations off Brazos Santiago Island by Federal Forces.
17 General J. B. Magruder transferred to District of Arkansas and
Major General John G. Walker assumed command in Texas.
19 Skirmishing at Port Isabel.

September

6 Skirmishing at Palmetto Ranch near Brazos Santiago.

October

13-20 Indian engagement on Elm Creek near Fort Belknap, Young County,
on the 13th; operations against the Indians until 20th.
14 Skirmishing of Federals and Confederates at Boca Chica Pass,
near Brownsville.

November

12 Passage of a joint resolution by the Legislature expressing an
unfavorable attitude toward agitation for a reunion of the
states by rewriting the constitution so as to include guarantees
favorable to the Confederate states.
15 Legislative appropriation for the annual use of 600,000 yards of
cloth and excess thread manufactured by the state penitentiary
to be distributed to indigent families and dependents of Texas
soldiers; distribution to be the task of the county courts.

December

15-20 Raiding by Indians from Oklahoma in Montague and other North
Texas counties.

1865
January

8 Texas troops defeated in Dove Creek Indian Fight, 16 miles south
of San Angelo.

February

10 Creation of the Military Department of the Gulf, to include
Texas and Louisiana by the U.S. Government.

March

31 Replacing of General John G. Walker by General J. B. Magruder as
Commander of the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

April 19 to May 17

Negotiations for Confederate surrender in Trans-Mississippi.

May

11-14 Federal expedition from Brazos Santiago Island; skirmishing and
fighting on 12th and 13th at Palmetto and White's ranch, last
fighting of the war.
25 Alerting of the 25th U.S. Army Corps for duty in Texas.
29 Assumption of command by General Phil H. Sheridan, U.S.A., of
the Military Division of the Southwest.

June

2 Surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department, C.S.A., by
General Kirby Smith at Galveston.
17 Assumption of command of all U.S. troops in Texas by General
Gordon Granger.
Appointment of A. J. Hamilton provisional governor of Texas.
19 General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued order
freeing all slaves in Texas and Louisiana.
27 Assumption of command by General Phil H. Sheridan of the
Military Division of the Gulf.
Naming of General E. R. S. Canby as commander of the Department
of Louisiana and Texas.

COVER DESIGN BY JAMES LEWIS WILKINS

Transcriber's Notes

--Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook
is public-domain in the country of publication.

--Silently corrected a few palpable typos.

--In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
_underscores_.

End of Project Gutenberg's Texas in the Civil War, by Allan C. Ashcroft