What happened in Texas in the months immediately following the surrender of the confederacy.

Answer 1

I don't remember the confederacy surrendering. Lee surrendered the N. Virginia army in early April 1865, Johnson surrendered the army of Tennessee later that month, then in the next month the President Davis was captured. After that, things were an unorganized mess in the South. President Johnson did not declare the hostilities over until a year later. Some are still carrying the burden, and believe the South shall rise again. There was no Surrender, challenge your teacher on this.

Now, what happened in Texas. A month after Lee surrendered, the Texas army was still fighting, and won a battle at the Palmito Ranch along the border of Texas. However, the government of Texas (and other southern states) collapsed into nothing (no leaders, no leadership), and the carpetbaggers took over . Andrew Jackson Hamilton, that yankee blooded traitor to all that was good in Texas, was appointed governor of Texas by President Johnson. Such is life and history.

The basic thing that happened after Lee surrendered, everyone just about quit fighting on both sides, and in the South, the state governments largely just disintegrated to emptiness of leadership and will to go on. Folks were tired of war, suffering, and hunger.

Answer 2

http://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/forever/freedom/page5.html

Answer 3

@Reed @bobpursley Thank you so much! :)