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Texas in the Civil War

I. Texan contributions to the war effort

A. army service and the draft

B. manufacturing

C. evading the blockade

D. scarcity and change

II. The military effort

A. surrender of federal forts, 1861

B. ports

C. Dick Dowling and the Battle of Sabine Pass, September 1863

D. fall of Brownsville, October 1863

E. Battle of Laredo (Santos Benavides vs. E. J. Davis), 1864

F. Confederates retake Brownsville, May 1865

III. The aftermath

A. Texas compared to other Southern states

B. Juneteenth

C. casualties

D. economic impact

A. psychological scars