Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Galveston County, TX Events Date Type 05/05/1864 A partial eclipse of the Sun is visible in northwestern North America Science/Technology 09/28/1860 In Texas, a coastal steamboat bursts its boilers with heavy loss of life Crime/Disasters 06/19/1865 Landing in Galveston, Union General Gordon Granger decrees that slavery in Texas is at an end. Lawmaking/Litigating 03/23/1853 Steamboat from Houston suffers fatal explosion in Galveston Bay Crime/Disasters 03/02/1861 Texas seizes the United States Revenue cutter Henry Dodge in Galveston Battles/Soldiers 09/15/1867 The controversial Texas military governor Major General Charles Griffin dies of yellow fever in Galveston. Personal 05/17/1862 U.S. Navy warships demand the surrender of Galveston, Texas Battles/Soldiers People Burial Place of Magruder, John Bankhead Stewart, William Henry Wigfall, Louis Trezevant Documents Date Title 05/23/1861 Ripley (OH) Bee, “One of the Volunteers,” May 23, 1861 Images Galveston, Texas, area, 1857 Galveston, Texas, 1861, artist's impression The Strand, Galveston, Texas, October 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image. Shoreline, Galveston, Texas, October 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image. The U.S. Customs House, Galveston, Texas, October 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.
