A skirmish that takes place in south Texas after the war ends ironically results in Confederate victory.
Category: Texas
A Little Battlefield Glory Before the War Ends
In distant Texas, a Federal expedition threatens to break an unofficial ceasefire before news arrives that the war east of the Mississippi is over.
The Red River Plan
The Lincoln administration initiates a third effort to capture eastern Texas, this time using the Red River as an invasion route. But not everyone in the Federal high command agrees with the strategy.
Banks Targets the Texas Coast
Nathaniel P. Banks embarks on a campaign to conquer eastern Texas by seizing control of the Rio Grande River and the Texas coast.
The Battle of Sabine Pass
A Federal army-navy expedition to the Texas-Louisiana border meets with embarrassing defeat by less than 50 Confederates defending Sabine Pass.
The Alabama versus The Hatteras
The famed Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Alabama engages Federal warships trying to reinstate the blockade of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico.