6 Skirmishing at Palmetto Ranch near Brazos Santiago. October 13-20 Indian engagement on Elm Creek near Fort Belknap, Young County, on the 13th; operations against the Indians until 20th. 14 Skirmishing of Federals and Confederates at Boca Chica Pass, near Brownsville. November 12 Passage of a joint resolution by the Legislature expressing an unfavorable attitude toward agitation for a reunion of the states by rewriting the constitution so as to include guarantees favorable to the Confederate states. 15 Legislative appropriation for the annual use of 600,000 yards of cloth and excess thread manufactured by the state penitentiary to be distributed to indigent families and dependents of Texas soldiers; distribution to be the task of the county courts. December 15-20 Raiding by Indians from Oklahoma in Montague and other North Texas counties. 1865 January 8 Texas troops defeated in Dove Creek Indian Fight, 16 miles south of San Angelo. February 10 Creation of the Military Department of the Gulf, to include Texas and Louisiana by the U.S. Government. March 31 Replacing of General John G. Walker by General J. B. Magruder as Commander of the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. April 19 to May 17 Negotiations for Confederate surrender in Trans-Mississippi. May 11-14 Federal expedition from Brazos Santiago Island; skirmishing and fighting on 12th and 13th at Palmetto and White’s ranch, last fighting of the war. 25 Alerting of the 25th U.S. Army Corps for duty in Texas. 29 Assumption of command by General Phil H. Sheridan, U.S.A., of the Military Division of the Southwest. June 2 Surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department, C.S.A., by General Kirby Smith at Galveston. 17 Assumption of command of all U.S. troops in Texas by General Gordon Granger. Appointment of A. J. Hamilton provisional governor of Texas. 19 General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued order freeing all slaves in Texas and Louisiana. 27 Assumption of command by General Phil H. Sheridan of the Military Division of the Gulf. Naming of General E. R. S. Canby as commander of the Department of Louisiana and Texas. COVER DESIGN BY JAMES LEWIS WILKINS Transcriber’s Notes —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —Silently corrected a few palpable typos. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. End of Project Gutenberg's Texas in the Civil War, by Allan C. Ashcroft