For 10 points, name this state, whose secession from the Union and entry into the Confederacy resulted in the ouster of governor Sam Houston.
In a battle fought in this state, a regiment of 44 men under Richard Dowling fended o5f a gunboat attack and successfully captured one; that battle took place at a fort recently renamed Fort Gri53n. Two bombardments were conducted by the Union on Fort Sabine, which was located in this state. A battle fought in this state may have been caused by one commander claiming he wanted "a little battle3eld glory before the war ended altogether." That man, Colonel Theodore Barrett, ordered Lieutenant David Branson to conduct raids on encampments led by Colonel John "Rip" Ford. The CSS Alabama sunk the USS Hatteras o5f the coast of this state. This state was the site of the 3nal battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Palmito Ranch. For 10 points, name this state, whose secession from the Union and entry into the Confederacy resulted in the ouster of governor Sam Houston.
In a battle fought in this state, a regiment of 44 men under Richard Dowling fended o5f a gunboat attack and successfully captured one; that battle took place at a fort recently renamed Fort Gri53n.
Texas