1	Ordinance of Secession adopted by Secession Convention.
	2	Committee on Public Safety directed to seize all federal property in Texas
	9	Governor Sam Houston orders elections held to ratify the Secession Ordinance.  Jefferson Davis elected provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
	16	Robert E Lee arrives in San Antonio from Fort Mason en route to Washington. Rebel troops hold his baggage until he swears allegiance to the Confederacy. Lee never recovers the luggage.
	18	General David E. Twiggs surrenders US military posts in Texas to the Texas Confederates.
	20	Texans vote to ratify the Secession Ordinance.
	22	US Navy attacks Aransas Pass.

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Battle of Fort Donelson, TN.

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Military Department of the Gulf, to include Texas, created by the US government.