A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . eatreforms in Italy. French fleet enters the Dardanelles. 1854.—Crimean War begun. Dogma of the Immaculate Conceptionpromulgated at Rome, hnke dwellings discovered in Switzerland. 1855.—The fall of Sebastopol. Death of Emperor Nicholas of Mxposition at Paris. 1856.—End of the Crhnean Jlar, Treaty of Paris. II. crownedEmperor of Russia. 1857.—Mount Cenis tunnel begun. Canton, China, taken by Frenchand English. 1858.—Great eru|)tion of Vesuvius. 1859.—War between France and Austria. P>attles of Mon
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . eatreforms in Italy. French fleet enters the Dardanelles. 1854.—Crimean War begun. Dogma of the Immaculate Conceptionpromulgated at Rome, hnke dwellings discovered in Switzerland. 1855.—The fall of Sebastopol. Death of Emperor Nicholas of Mxposition at Paris. 1856.—End of the Crhnean Jlar, Treaty of Paris. II. crownedEmperor of Russia. 1857.—Mount Cenis tunnel begun. Canton, China, taken by Frenchand English. 1858.—Great eru|)tion of Vesuvius. 1859.—War between France and Austria. P>attles of Montebello,Magenta, and Solferino. Lombardy surrendered by Austria. Deathof Alexander von Humboldt and Prince Metternich. i860. —Garibaldi begins his campaign for the liberation of Italy. Prattlesof Palermo and Melazzo. i86i.—William !., King of Prussia. Rise of niliilism and emancipatitmof the serfs in Russia. Garil)aldi succeeds in freeing Naples, Italy,and Sicily, and founds the new kingdom of Italy, with Victor Em-manuel as king. Death of ll^crio^ m. THE CIVIL WAR, OR ¥¥ CHAPTER XXIII. Civil Government in Texas during the War; Military Operations on the Coast and Frontiers ; Texans in the Confederate Armies. URING the period of the war between the United and civil govern- I I the Confederate States, the civil government of Texas3^^ was necessarily feeble and its important acts were every able-bodied man in the State was in thearmy for the greater part of the time, and the few old men andboys who were exempt from service busied themselves in taking-care of the homes and cultivating the fields of the absent necessaries of life became scarce, the anxiety of the timeswas intense, and the waiting families at home listeneddaily for the news of the deadly conflict, in whichmany a brave Texan fell fighting for the Stars andBars. The usual State elections were held in Noveml)er,1861, and November, 1863. At the f
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