1860

1860

1861

• Feb. 1

  • Texas secedes from the United States.

• Mar. 2

  • Texas joins the Confederate States of America.

• Apr. 12

  • American Civil War begins.

1862

1863

• Jul. 26

  • Sam Houston dies in the bedroom of the Steamboat House, succumbing to pneumonia at age seventy. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Huntsville.

1864

1865

• Apr. 9

  • American Civil War ends.

1866

1867

• Huntsville yellow fever epidemic reportedly kills 10% of Huntsville's population.

• Feb. 6

  • The Peabody Education Fund is established.

1868

1869