Port of Galveston
Port, Galveston, Texas.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Port
- Where
- Galveston, Texas
- Years
- 1861-1865
PORT OF GALVESTON
Blockade runners shifted to Galveston after Union pressure on Mobile, and imports went on by rail to Houston. Confederate forces under John B. Magruder drove Union troops out on January 1, 1863. It was the only major port still in Confederate hands at the end of the war.
Then
Blockade runners shifted to Galveston after Union pressure on Mobile, especially after the summer of 1864. Imports landed at Galveston went on by rail to Houston.
Confederate forces under John B. Magruder drove Union troops out of the city on January 1, 1863. Galveston was the only major port still in Confederate hands at the end of the war.
Now
Lines owned by smaller railroads, Union Pacific and BNSF run through Galveston today.
Nearby
- 3 miMagruder recaptures Galveston and lifts the blockadeJanuary 1, 1863, Galveston, Texas
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- 63 miUnion invasion of Texas turned back at Sabine PassSeptember 8, 1863, Sabine Pass, Texas
- 76 miSpring Creek powder millConfederate · Powder works, Tomball, Texas