Texas

    Place Unit Type
    State or Province
    Containing Unit
    Date Type
    Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide in Houston Personal
    Comanches defeated at the Battle of Little Robe Creek in Oklahoma and their chief, Iron Jacket, killed Battles/Soldiers
    Congress declares war with Mexico following attacks on US forces in disputed Texas border areas Lawmaking/Litigating
    Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan removes the sitting Texas governor from office. Lawmaking/Litigating
    In Texas, Oliver Loving sets out on the first cattle drive into the Colorado Territory Business/Industry
    In Texas, the Army recovers a horse herd stolen by Indians Battles/Soldiers
    James Pinckney Henderson, the new Senator from Texas, dies in Philadelphia before even taking his seat Personal
    Landing in Galveston, Union General Gordon Granger decrees that slavery in Texas is at an end. Lawmaking/Litigating
    Long-range patrol in force from the Second Cavalry defeats Comanche war party in south Texas Battles/Soldiers
    Mexican troops attack Fort Texas, a U.S. outpost in disputed border area Military/Violent
    Mirabeau Lamar, the second President of the Texas Republic, dies in Richmond, Texas Personal
    President Johnson relieves Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan of his duties. Lawmaking/Litigating
    Sam Houston sends Texas Rangers after Comanche Indians Battles/Soldiers
    Secretary of War Holt dismisses General Twiggs from the U.S. Army for treachery Battles/Soldiers
    Texas secedes from the Union Lawmaking/Litigating
    Texas voters ratify the state's Ordinance of Secession by a large majority Campaigns/Elections
    The U.S. Post Office reports another record deficit for the year ending June 30, 1859 Business/Industry
    U.S. Army skirmish with the Mescalero Apache in west Texas goes badly Battles/Soldiers
    Birthplace of
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    Anderson County, TX County
    Andrews County, TX County
    Angelina County, TX County
    Aransas County, TX County
    Archer County, TX County
    Armstrong County, TX County
    Atascosa County, TX County
    Austin County, TX County
    Bailey County, TX County
    Bandera County, TX County
    Bastrop County, TX County
    Baylor County, TX County
    Bee County, TX County
    Bell County, TX County
    Bexar County, TX County
    Blanco County, TX County
    Borden County, TX County
    Bosque County, TX County
    Bowie County, TX County
    Brazoria County, TX County
    Brazos County, TX County
    Briscoe County, TX County
    Brown County, TX County
    Burleson County, TX County
    Burnet County, TX County
    Caldwell County, TX County
    Calhoun County, TX County
    Callahan County, TX County
    Cameron County, TX County
    Camp County, TX County
    Carson County, TX County
    Cass County, TX County
    Castro County, TX County
    Chambers County, TX County
    Cherokee County, TX County
    Childress County, TX County
    Clay County, TX County
    Cochran County, TX County
    Coleman County, TX County
    Collin County, TX County
    Collingsworth County, TX County
    Colorado County, TX County
    Comal County, TX County
    Comanche County, TX County
    Concho County, TX County
    Cooke County, TX County
    Coryell County, TX County
    Cottle County, TX County
    Crockett County, TX County
    Crosby County, TX County
    Dallam County, TX County
    Dallas County, TX County
    Dawson County, TX County
    De Witt County, TX County
    Deaf Smith County, TX County
    Delta County, TX County
    Denton County, TX County
    Dickens County, TX County
    Dimmitt County, TX County
    Duval County, TX County
    Eastland County, TX County
    Edwards County, TX County
    El Paso County, TX County
    Ellis County, TX County
    Erath County, TX County
    Falls County, TX County
    Fannin County, TX County
    Fayette County, TX County
    Fisher County, TX County
    Floyd County, TX County
    Fort Bend County, TX County
    Franklin County, TX County
    Freestone County, TX County
    Frio County, TX County
    Gaines County, TX County
    Galveston County, TX County
    Garza County, TX County
    Goliad County, TX County
    Gonzales County, TX County
    Gray County, TX County
    Grayson County, TX County
    Gregg County, TX County
    Grimes County, TX County
    Guadalupe County, TX County
    Hale County, TX County
    Hall County, TX County
    Hansford County, TX County
    Hardin County, TX County
    Harris County, TX County
    Harrison County, TX County
    Hartley County, TX County
    Haskell County, TX County
    Hays County, TX County
    Hemphill County, TX County
    Henderson County, TX County
    Hidalgo County, TX County
    Hill County, TX County
    Hockley County, TX County
    Hood County, TX County
    Hopkins County, TX County
    Houston County, TX County
    Howard County, TX County
    Hunt County, TX County
    Hutchinson County, TX County
    Jack County, TX County
    Jackson County, TX County
    Jasper County, TX County
    Jefferson County, TX County
    Johnson County, TX County
    Jones County, TX County
    Karnes County, TX County
    Kaufman County, TX County
    Kendall County, TX County
    Kent County, TX County
    Kerr County, TX County
    Kimble County, TX County
    King County, TX County
    Kinney County, TX County
    Knox County, TX County
    La Salle County, TX County
    Lamar County, TX County
    Lamb County, TX County
    Lampasas County, TX County
    Lavaca County, TX County
    Lee County, TX County
    Leon County, TX County
    Liberty County, TX County
    Lipscomb County, TX County
    Live Oak County, TX County
    Llano County, TX County
    Lubbock County, TX County
    Lynn County, TX County
    Madison County, TX County
    Marion County, TX County
    Marion County, TX County
    Martin County, TX County
    Mason County, TX County
    Matagorda County, TX County
    Maverick County, TX County
    McCulloch County, TX County
    McLennan County, TX County
    McMullen County, TX County
    Medina County, TX County
    Menard County, TX County
    Milam County, TX County
    Mitchell County, TX County
    Montague County, TX County
    Montgomery County, TX County
    Moore County, TX County
    Morris County, TX County
    Motley County, TX County
    Nacogdoches County, TX County
    Navarro County, TX County
    Newton County, TX County
    Nueces County, TX County
    Nueces River Rivers/Waterways
    Ochiltree County, TX County
    Oldham County, TX County
    Orange County, TX County
    Palo Pinto County, TX County
    Panola County, TX County
    Parker County, TX County
    Parmer County, TX County
    Pecos County, TX County
    Polk County, TX County
    Potter County, TX County
    Presidio County, TX County
    Rains County, TX County
    Randall County, TX County
    Red River County County, TX County
    Refugio County County, TX County
    Roberts County, TX County
    Robertson County County, TX County
    Rockwall County, TX County
    Runnels County, TX County
    Rusk County, TX County
    Sabine County, TX County
    San Augustine County, TX County
    San Jacinto County, TX County
    San Patricio County, TX County
    San Saba County, TX County
    Scurry County, TX County
    Shackleford County, TX County
    Shelby County, TX County
    Sherman County, TX County
    Smith County, TX County
    Somervell County, TX County
    Starr County, TX County
    Stephens County, TX County
    Sterling County, TX County
    Stonewall County, TX County
    Sutton County, TX County
    Swisher County, TX County
    Tarrant County, TX County
    Taylor County, TX County
    Terry County, TX County
    Throckmorton County, TX County
    Titus County, TX County
    Tom Green County, TX County
    Travis County, TX County
    Trinity County, TX County
    Tyler County, TX County
    Upshur County, TX County
    Upton County, TX County
    Uvalde County, TX County
    Van Zandt County, TX County
    Victoria County, TX County
    Walker County, TX County
    Waller County, TX County
    Washington County, TX County
    Washington County, TX County
    Webb County, TX County
    Wharton County, TX County
    Wheeler County, TX County
    Wichita County, TX County
    Wilbarger County, TX County
    Williamson County, TX County
    Wilson County, TX County
    Wise County, TX County
    Wood County, TX County
    Yoakum County, TX County
    Young County, TX County
    Zapata County, TX County
    Zavala County, TX County
    Date Title
    Debate Over Increase of the Army, House of Representatives, January 9, 1847
    Abraham Lincoln, Speech in United States House of Representatives: The War with Mexico, January 12, 1848
    David Wilmot’s Speech in the House of Representatives, Washington, DC, August 3, 1848
    New York Herald, “The Kansas Question and the Anti-Slavery Disorganizers,” May 15, 1855
    Washington (DC) National Era, "The Future Judged by the Past," January 1, 1857
    New York Times, “The Fight in Congress,” December 18, 1857
    New York Herald, "The Kansas Trouble in Congress," January 3, 1858
    New York Herald, "Kansas," January 4, 1858
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Passage at Arms between Lincoln and Douglas in 1854," July 1, 1858
    (St. Louis) Missouri Republican, “Military,” November 14, 1858
    New York Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 29, 1859
    New York Times, “Boundaries of Oregon,” February 21, 1859
    Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Gold Regions of the West,” February 24, 1859
    Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Free vs. Slave,” March 26, 1859
    Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Methodists Expelled From Texas,” April 18, 1859
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Is It True or False?,” November 16, 1859
    William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, February 10, 1860
    Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Troubles in Texas,” March 13, 1860
    Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, "Spirit of the Week," March 17, 1860
    New York Herald, “Seward’s Opinion on the Mexican Business,” April 1, 1860
    Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Charleston Convention,” May 12, 1860
    Atchison (KS) Freedom's Champion, “Noble Deeds of Northern Democracy,” June 23, 1860
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Probable Canard,” July 27, 1860
    Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “McKinney and Blunt,” August 8, 1860
    Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Plots in Texas,” September 15, 1860
    New York Herald, “The Reign of Terror in Texas,” September 16, 1860
    Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Terrors of Submission," October 11, 1860
    New York Times, “The Alabama Insurrection,” October 20, 1860
    William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 23, 1860
    Chicago (IL) Tribune, "Montgomery," December 1, 1860
    Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “A British Opinion of American Disunion,” December 12, 1860
    Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “What Will Texas Do?,” December 15, 1860
    Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Proposed Evacuation of Fort Sumter,” March 13, 1861
    Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Spirit of Washington Letters,” March 25, 1861
    Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Houston and the Rebels,” March 28, 1861
    New York Times, “Ho! For The Road!,” April 4, 1861
    Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What Does It All Mean?,” April 9, 1861
    Abraham Lincoln, Proclamation of a Blockade of the South, April 19, 1861
    Entry by Kate Stone, June 30, 1862
    William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, November 15, 1862
    William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, July 18, 1863
    William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, April 6, 1864
    Andrew Johnson, Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End in Texas, and Civil Authority existing throughout the whole of the United States, August 20, 1866, Washington, D.C.
    How to Cite This Page: "Texas," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/9087.