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Civil War Texas: A History and a Guide. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-171-1. Wooster Ralph A. (2015). Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-1-62511-025-1. Wooster Ralph A. (1995). Texas and Texans in the Civil War. Eakin Press. ISBN 1-57168-042-X.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Map of Galveston Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle of the American Civil War, when Confederate forces under Major Gen. John B. Magruder expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston, Texas on January 1, 1863.
A Short History of the Civil War at Sea. Lanham, Maryland: Scholarly Resources. ISBN 9780842028684. "Update to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields: State of Texas" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: American Battlefield Protection Program. May 2010
In May 1863, brothers John and Henry McLaughlin fought on opposite sides at the Siege of Vicksburg. Both McLaughlin brothers were born in Marion County, Indiana. John McLaughlin enlisted with the Union army, achieving the rank of colonel by the end of the war. Henry enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private and was promoted to second ...
Units and formations of the Union army from Texas (2 P) Pages in category "Texas in the American Civil War" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Kansas now has two constitutions, one pro- and one anti-slavery, and two different governments in two different cities, each claiming to be the legitimate government of Kansas. [ 185 ] July 18: Jane Johnson , a slave belonging to US Minister to Nicaragua John Hill Wheeler , is rescued by abolitionists William Still and Passmore Williamson .
The phrase "greed versus grievance" or "greed and grievance" refers to the two baseline arguments put forward by scholars of armed conflict on the causes of civil war, though the argument has been extended to other forms of war, such as violent conflict in general, rebellion and insurgency, for example.