The beginner's American history . GENERAL SAM HOUSTON. 85 231. General Sam Houston in the great war between theNorth and the South; what he said. —We have seen the partwhich General Sam Houston took in getting new country. Map showing the extent of the United States after we added Texas in 1845. The black andwhite bars show that the ownership of the Oregon country was still in dispute betweenthe United States and Great Britain. to add to the United States. He lived in Texas formany years after that. When, in 1861, the great warbroke out between the North and the South, General Hous-ton was gov
The beginner's American history . GENERAL SAM HOUSTON. 85 231. General Sam Houston in the great war between theNorth and the South; what he said. —We have seen the partwhich General Sam Houston took in getting new country. Map showing the extent of the United States after we added Texas in 1845. The black andwhite bars show that the ownership of the Oregon country was still in dispute betweenthe United States and Great Britain. to add to the United States. He lived in Texas formany years after that. When, in 1861, the great warbroke out between the North and the South, General Hous-ton was governor of the state. He withdrew from ofificeand went home to his log cabin in Huntsville. He re-fused to take any part in the war, for he loved the Union, —that is, the whole country, North and South together, —andhe said to his wife, My heart is broken. Before thewar ended he was laid in his grave.^ 232. Summary. — General Sam Houston of Tennesseeled the people of Texas in their war against Mexico. The 1 General Houston was buried at Hlntsville, about eighty miles northwest ofthe city of Houston, Texas. 186 THE beginners AMERICAN HISTORY. Texans gained the victory, and made their country anindependent state
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