2 Blockading of Galveston initiated by the _U.S.S. South Carolina_.
4-12 Destruction and capture of twelve vessels off Galveston by the
_U.S.S. South Carolina_.
Taking the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Texas and the
Confederacy by Live Oak County residents at a mass meeting in
Oakville.
8 Ordering of Brigadier General H. H. Sibley of Texas to expel
U.S. forces from New Mexico.
27 Fort Filmore near Mesilla, New Mexico, captured by Second
Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles under Lieutenant Colonel John R.
Baylor, C.S.A.