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Chapter 15 Section 2: Texans Go to War
1. Why did the Confederate Congress pass the Conscription Act? What did the act say? How was
the act met in most parts of Texas?
More soldiers were needed for the war; all able-bodied men 18-35 were required to serve in the
Confederate armed forces (later expanded to 17-50); it met little resistance except in Central Texas
where many German Texans objected to fighting the Union
2. Before the Civil War began, how did Texans feel about secession? How did most Texans feel
after the fighting started?
More than ¼ of Texans were against it; most supported the Confederacy
3. How many Texans joined the Confederate forces? Who was Norfleet Perry?
More than 60,000; slave who served as an orderly to his own Theophilus Perry, when he went off to
war
4. What were the consequences of Albert Sidney Johnston’s death to Texas and the South at the
Battle of Shiloh?
It was a severe blow to Texas and the Confederacy
5. How many Texans joined the Union army? What were they called?
About 2,000; Unionists
6. Why did some Mexicans join the Union army and fight the Confederacy?
To strike back against at the Anglo society they blamed for taking away their lands
7. What happened in August 1862?
A large group of German settlers attempting to flee to Mexico was killed by Confederate cavalry near
the Nueces River
8. What happened to some Texas Unionists who remained in Texas?
Many hid to escape conscription; some were captured and arrested; some were forced into the
Confederate army; others were killed
9. What was the first task of the Texas army? What were U.S. troops allowed to do until April 12,
1861?
Take over Union garrisons and capture their supplies and equipment; U.S. troops were permitted to
leave Texas unharmed
10. What happened at the end of 1861? What happened in late spring 1862?
Texans launched an offensive against U.S. forces in New Mexico; the Confederacy abandoned Santa Fe
and New Mexico
11. What happened in October 1862?
Union forces captured Galveston
12. What were the Neptune and the Bayou City?
River steamers that were turned into gunboats that moved from Houston down Buffalo Bayou to
Galveston Harbor to attack Union boats
13. What happened on January 1, 1863?
A daring but successful Confederate was launched and Galveston was retaken from Union forces
14. In a few sentences, summarize the Battle of Sabine Pass.
Union forces from New Orleans attempted to land at Sabine Pass for an overland attack on Beaumont
and Houston; they were attacked by Dick Dowling and the Davis Guards stationed at Fort Griffin; 2
Union ships and 350 Union soldiers were captured; the remaining Union forces retreated back to New
Orleans
15. In a few sentences, summarize the Battle of Brownsville.
Union forces took Brownsville (which was a major Confederate supply center) in November 1863; they
marched up the Rio Grande but were driven back by Confederate forces that retook Brownsville in
July 1864
16. In a few sentences, summarize the Battle of Mansfield.
An army of 25,000 Union troops advanced through Louisiana toward northeastern Texas; Confederate
forces set out to block them near Mansfield, LA; Confederate forces crushed the Union forces and
took 2,000 prisoners
17. Who was Tom Green?
A Texan and former member of the congress of the Texas Republic and a veteran of the Battle of San
Jacinto and the Mexican-American War who fought at the Battle of Mansfield
18. Where did Hood’s Texas Brigade fight? What was a significant achievement of Terry’s Texas
Rangers?
Many of the great battles in Virginia; they fought in more battles than did any other cavalry regiment
in the Civil War