| January 08, 1865 | Indians win a battle at Dove Creek. |
| June 11, 1865 | Bandits try to rob the state treasury in Austin. |
| June 19, 1865 | Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston with word that slavery has been abolished. |
| August 08, 1865 | George Armstrong Custer leaves for a tour of duty in Texas. |
| October 23, 1865 | Federal forces reoccupy Fort McIntosh at Laredo. |
| December 18, 1865 | The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified; slavery is abolished. |