Abbie Cannons Texas Timeline

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Abbie Cannons Texas Timeline
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Timeline
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May 12-13, 1865 Battle of Palmito Ranch
Jan 17, 1874 Reconstruction Ends
July 1863 Houston Dies
Feb 25, 1868 Vote for Impeachment
Spring 1866 1st Cattle Drive
1873 Barbed Wire
1861
1863
1866
1868
1871
1873
1876
1878
1862
1864
1867
1869
1872
1874
1877
1879
1865
1875
1860
1870
1880
1873 Slaughter of Buffalo
June 19, 1865 TX slaves freed
1867- Treaty _at_ Medicine Lodge Creek
June 27, 1874 Battle of Adobe Walls
Sept. 8, 1863 Battle of Sabine Pass
February 1, 1861 TX joins Confederacy
Cotton is King
Late 1800s Railroads enter TX
Oct. 14, 1880 Victorios Defeat
1890
1900
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Texas Joins the Confederacy Feb 1, 1861.
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Sixteen years after Texas joined the union, the
American Civil War erupted. Gov. Sam Houston,
urging Texans to stay out of the war or
re-establish a neutral republic, was kicked out
of office. The first Confederate flag flown in
Texas was the South's national emblem, "The Stars
and Bars" of the Confederate States of America,
although the later-crossed Confederate battle
flag is better known today.
http//home.att.net/dcannon.tenn/FOTCsbr.html
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Sam Houston Dies July 1863
After living for 40 years, one of the greatest
men in Texass history died. Sam Houston was the
man who ended the Texas Revolution. He was the
one who became the First President of the
Republic. And this great man, died in peace.
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Battle of Sabine Pass - September 8, 1863
At about 600 am on the morning of September 8,
1863, a Union troop of 4 gunboats and 7 troops
entered Sabine Pass and went up the Sabine River
with the intention of attacking Fort Griffin and
landing troops to begin taking over Texas. As the
gunboats approached Fort Griffin, they were hit
with artillery.Little did the Union know that
there were Confederate gunners at the Fort. They
had been sent there as punishment and had been
practicing there marksmanship to help the days be
less boring. Their practice paid off. Fort
Griffin's small force of 44 men, under command of
Lt. Richard W. Dowling, forced the Union troops
to retreat. The men at Fort Griffin captured a
gun boat and about 200 prisoners. Other Union
attacks in the area stopped for almost a month.
The heroics at Fort Griffin, 44 men stopping a
Union expedition, inspired many of the other
Confederate soldiers.
http//americancivilwar.com/statepic/tx.html
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Battle of Palmito Ranch - May 12-13, 1865
Since March 1865, an agreement was made to stop
fighting between Union and Confederate forces on
the Rio Grande. In spite of this agreement, Col.
Theodore H. Barrett dispatched an expedition,
composed of 300 men under the command of Lt.
Col. David Branson. They traveled to the mainland
on May 11, 1865, to attack reported Confederate
outposts and camps. At 200 am, on May 12, the
Union troops surrounded the Confederate outpost
at Whites Ranch, but found no one there. After a
night of rest, Branson promptly led his men off
to attack a Confederate camp at Palmito Ranch.
After much skirmishing along the way, the Union
troops attacked the camp and scattered the
Confederates. At 300 pm, a sizable Confederate
force appeared, causing the Union troops to
retreat to Whites Ranch. They sent word of their
troubles to Barrett's army, who reinforced
Branson at daybreak, on the 13th, with 200 men.
Barrett and Branson led their forces to a bluff
at Tulosa. At 400 pm, a large Confederate troop,
commanded by Col. John S. Rip Ford, approached.
The two armies immediately got ready for battle.
The Confederates hammered the Union line with gun
fire. After much fighting, the Union troops
retreated. This was the last battle in the Civil
War.
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General Granger Freed the Slaves in
Texas- June 19, 1865
It was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led
by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at
Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended
and that all enslaved Texans were now free. This
was two and a half years after President
Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation. Most Texans
hadnt listened to this law. There were hardly
any Union troops in the area to enforce the
proclamation, so why should they ignored it.
However, with the surrender of General Lee in
April of 1865, and the arrival of General
Grangers regiment, the forces were finally
strong enough to empower the laws. General
Grangers first order of business was to read to
the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which
began most significantly with
"The people of Texas are informed that in
accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive
of the United States, all slaves are free. This
involves an absolute equality of rights and
rights of property between former masters and
slaves, and the connection heretofore existing
between them becomes that between employer and
free laborer."
http//www.juneteenth.com/history.htm
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First Cattle Drive Spring 1866
For the first time in 1866, ranchers polished
their boots and jumped on their saddles for a
cattle drive. For this first drive, 260,000
cattle were driven 800 miles north to Sedalia,
Missouri. The cows were driven on a path know as
the Sedalia Trail. In Missouri they could be put
on a train and sent to the east where they could
be sold for more money.
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Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek - 1867
The treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek was a peace
treaty signed by U.S. federal agents and
important Native American chiefs.The terms of the
treaty were that the Native Americans would live
on reservations in Indian Territory, and
government agents would watch over the land,
making sure the Indians had food, water, and
supplies. The army was not allowed on the land
and the Native Americans had to stop attacking
settlers.
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Vote for President Johnsons Impeachment-
February 25, 1868
After accusing President Andrew Johnson of
violating the Tenure of Office Act, the House of
Representatives voted to impeach Johnson. The
vote ended with the result of 126 to 47. 
     
http//www.plhs.esu3.org/hs/student/apspr00/Scanda
ls/johnson2.htm
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Production of Barbed Wire - 1873
In the first years of barbed wire production
sales were slow. By 1880 though, barbed wire
fences were installed in many Texas ranches. The
windmill helped make the enclosed pastures
possible by pumping the water from wells. This
way the herd wouldnt have to be driven to a
water hole. Barbed wire was some of the
ranch-hands first technology.
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Slaughter of the Buffalo - 1873
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The Texans realized that the Native Americans
depended solely on the buffalo and without them
would have a hard time surviving. So in an
attempt to drive the Native Americans out of
Texas, the Texas Rangers slaughtered any buffalo
they saw. This not only hurt the Native Americans
but almost wiped out the buffalo population
forever. Striking Eagle showed the importance of
the buffalo to his tribe in this way
The buffalo is our money. The rob
es we can prepare and trade. We love them just as
the white man does his money. Just as it makes a
white man feel to have his money carried away, so
it makes us feel to see others killing and
stealing our buffaloes, which are our cattle
given to us by the Great Father above.
from Texas and Texas
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Battle of Adobe Walls June 27, 1874
On June 27, 1874 Quanah Parker, along with
several hundred warriors, went into battle. These
Native Americans were angry because of the
slaughter of the buffalo. The enraged Indians
decided that they would attack a group of buffalo
hunters nearby. But some how the tiny settlement,
consisting of maybe 40 people in sod houses,
stood firm and held out during the attack. This
loss caused many later battles between the Native
Americans and the settlers.
http//www.texancultures.utsa.edu/mystery/Parker.j
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Reconstruction in TX Ends January 17,1874
After the Civil War was over, Texas, and many
other Confederate states, had to under go
Reconstruction.One thing that happened during
Reconstruction was the election and term of
Edmund J. Davis. He was elected Governor in 1869.
Most say he did more harm than good. When
citizens talked about revolting, he used his
authority to declare martial law and end these
disturbances. After he lost the second election
and finally gave up, Reconstruction in Texas was
at an end.
http//www.tsl.state.tx.us/governors/ war/davis.
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Victorios Defeat October 14, 1880
Victorio was a very powerful Apache leader.He
was such a threat, that Mexico gave the U.S.
permission to cross the border and capture him
dead or alive. After winning many battles,
Victorio was finally caught at Tres Castillos
Mountains, Mexico. There he was surrounded and
killed by Colonel Terrazas and his Mexican
troops.
http//www.buffalosoldier.net/Chief20Victorio.jpg
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Cotton is King 1880s
Even during the Civil War, cotton was one of the
main products that brought in money. With out the
commerce from the cotton trade, Texas would be
very bad off. Then later in the 1800s most
Texans werent raising cows, but instead raising
cotton. The value of the cotton crop was so high,
no other product came near it. In the years to
follow, cotton production spread state wide. With
the new railroads, the farmers had a cheap yet
efficient way of getting their product to the
consumer.
http//www.gristmagazine.com/grist/images/consumer
s/cotton.
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Railroads in Texas Late 1800s
The railroads in Texas provided an easy route of
transportation for goods, people, and cattle. Now
that the railroads had entered Texas there was no
more need for cattle drives. The railroads also
made it easy for farmers to get their crop to
market for a cheap price without much hassle.
Also, the coming of the railroads gave Texas a
big economic boost.
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