Ms Duncans Texas History 12010 Please turn to

Ms. Duncan’s Texas History 1/20/10 - Please turn to page 13 of your spiral and get ready for some FUN notes…. Conversation: raise hand for comments and answers Help: raise hand Movement: none Activity: note taking When finished: do not talk, we will discuss Texas during the Civil War CIVIL WAR IN TEXAS

CIVIL WAR First battle at Fort Sumter Confederate soldiers were called Rebels Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces at Appomattox Courthouse Robert E Lee in charge of Confederate forces Ulysses S. Grant in charge of Union forces Many peace party members did not want to go to war- they were threatened with Violence, and in some cases killed An imaginary line that divides the north and the south is the Mason-Dixon line

TEXAS AND THE CONFEDERACY Francis R. Lubbock is the first confederate governor of Texas Confederate President is Jefferson Davis Still 2700 Union troops in Texas considered a threat- General Twiggs is supposed to remove the troops, but asked for more time. . He eventually surrendered the troops

TEXAS MILITARY 92, 145 white males between the ages of 18 and 45 live in Texas of that only 60, 000 -70, 000 served as soldiers Texas organized 32 companies by 1862 Terry’s Texas Rangers commanded by Frank Terry and Ross’s brigade commanded by General Ross received fame during the war Confederate government started a draft requiring men to serve in the army An unpopular exception were men who owned 20 slaves or more were allowed to stay home

WHAT DID TEXAS PROVIDE? Texas provided men, food, weapons, and horses for the war effort. No major battles were fought in Texas- so the state did not suffer any major destruction In 1861 John R. Baylor led troops into New Mexico to claim it as a Confederate territory There was a battle at Galveston Island- Lincoln ordered a blockade of southern ports to stop the shipment of supplies. Union troops captured the island- Confederate forces won the island back

BATTLE OF SABINE PASS Union general Banks planned to move troops by ship through the pass. Then he would march north to cut off Texas’s railroad connection to Louisiana. The confederate forces led by General Taylor won the battle

PALMITO RANCH Last land battle of the Civil War fought May 12, 1865 Union blockade of Southern ports forced Confederate troops to find another route to ship cotton out and bring in supplies. Cotton was transported through Brownsville to Matamoros. Union forces took over Brownsville to enforce the blockade, Confederate forces under control of John Ford and Santos Benavides took over the area and fought Union troops, unaware that Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Union forces.

TEXAS ECONOMY DURING THE WAR Many farmers began growing wheat and corn instead of cotton as demand for food crops increased. Their economy was not as bad as the rest of the United States. Emancipation Proclamation: Free’s slaves, and was given the same day as the battle at Galveston Island