Galveston, Battle of, Galveston, Tex., 1863

found: Work cat.: 95051436: Cottonclads! : the Battle of Galveston and the defense of the Texas coast, 1996.

found: LC Classification:E474.1 (Including Battle of Galveston, January 1, 1863)

found: Civil War dict., 1991:p. 322 (Galveston, Tex., shelled 3 Aug. '61 by Federal ships; captured 5 Oct. '62 by a naval force; surprised (by land) 1 Jan '63 at dawn with support from 2 cotton-clad steamers)

found: Concise dict. Am. hist.:p. 409 (Galveston, loss and recapture of (1862-63) A union naval squadron forced Confederates to evacuate island of Galveston, Tex., in October 1862 and enabled Union troops to occupy the island just before Christmas. On New Year's Eve Confederate J.B. Magruder attacked ... with two steamers ... while 1,000 Confederates ... attacked by land. Union troops surrendered the island Jan. 1, 1863)