Civil War in Texas
The war on the Texas coast and home front: the recapture of Galveston on January 1, 1863, the fight at Sabine Pass that September, the prison camp at Camp Ford near Tyler, and Palmito Ranch, the last battle of the war, in May 1865.
- Stops
- 7
- Counties
- 6
- Miles apart
- 1,383
Miles are straight-line distance between stops, in list order. Driving distance is longer.
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Battle of Galveston
Galveston · Galveston County
As part of the Union blockade of the Texas coast, Commander W. B. Renshaw led his small fleet into Galveston harbor to demand the surrender of this most important Texas port on October 4, 1862.
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Richard Dowling
Sabine Pass · Jefferson County · erected 1936
In memory of Lt. Richard W. Dowling and his men.
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United States Forces at the Battle of Sabine Pass
Sabine Pass · Jefferson County · erected 1980
United States Forces at the Battle of Sabine Pass Federal forces in the Civil War failed in most of their early efforts to capture Texas.
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Camp Ford
Tyler · Smith County · erected 1962
On this site during the Civil War was located Camp Ford, the largest prisoner of war compound for Union troops west of the Mississippi River.
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Colonel B. F. Terry and Terry's Texas Rangers
Brownfield · Terry County · erected 1963
Native of Kentucky. Came to Texas 1831.
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Site of Mustering of a Unit of Hood's Texas Brigade, C.S.A.
Independence · Washington County · erected 1968
Co. I, Fifth Texas Infantry Regt., Army of Northern Virginia, was raised here Aug. 1861, as "The Texas Aides" by Capt. J.B.
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Battle of Palmito Ranch
Brownsville · Cameron County · erected 1963
The last land engagement of the Civil War was fought near this site on May 12-13, 1865, thirty-four days after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
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