5 Abandonment of Fort Quitman, Hudspeth County, by U.S. troops.
9 Adjournment of the called session of the legislature.
11 Arrival in New York of Federal troops from Texas aboard _U.S.S.
Coatzacoalcos_.
12 Fort Sumter fired upon.
13 Abandonment of Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, by U.S. troops.
17 Texas Volunteers under Colonel Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A., capture
_Star Of The West_ off Texas coast near Indianola.
20 Seizure of U.S. Coast Guard schooner _Twilight_ by W. A. Jones,
Deputy Custom Collector, Aransas, Texas.
21 Assumption of Military Command of Texas by Colonel Earl Van
Doren, C.S.A.
23 U.S. Army officers at San Antonio made prisoners of war; capture
of 8th U.S. Infantry near San Antonio.
25 Surrender of U.S. forces at Indianola.
Abandonment of Fort Stockton, Pecos County, by U.S. troops.