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During the __________ led a Confederate force of more than 1,000 Texas soldiers across a train bridge to recapture Fort Travis.

Battle of Galveton

Texans defeated the Union Army at the _____ on the Santa Fe Trail, but lost the battle because their supply train was destroyed.

Battle of Glorietta Pass.

Four Union gunboats and 4,000 Union troops tried to invade Texas but the 48 members of the Davis Guard at Fort Griffin stopped them at the _____.

Battle of Sabine Pass

The set of laws that set the permanent boundaries of Texas, admitted California to the United States as a Free State and restored a measure of political balance in the U.S. was called the _____.

Comprimise of 1850

The commanding officer who led 3,000 Texan troops in the New Mexico Campaign during the Civil War was __________.

Henry H. Sibley

A former Texas Ranger named __________ was the commanding officer of the 2nd Texas Cavalry in the Military District of the Rio Grande. He helped recapture the ports of Corpus Christi and Brownsville and fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch.

John "Rip" Ford

__________ was the commanding officer who led part of the Texas 2nd Cavalry and seized Fort Fillmore at Mesilla and claimed Arizona for the Confederacy.

John R. Baylor

The last battle of the Civil War was the __________, which was fought near Brownsville, Texas.

Palmito Ranch

The battle near Fort Texas where General Taylor and U.S. forces used "flying artillery" to defeat a larger Mexican force was called the _____.

Palo Alto

The commanding officer of the Texas 11th Cavalry in the Military District of North Texas was __________, who captured Forts Arbuckle, Cobb and Washita and claimed Indian Territory for the CSA.

William C. Young


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