Lt. Gov. Edward Clark took over the governorship when Governor (and former Texas President) Sam Houston refused to swear his allegiance to the Confederate States of America.
Gov. Murrah fled Austin in June 1865 as it fell to Union forces. He was replaced by Lt. Gov. Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale as Interim Military Governor followed six days later by Andrew J. Hamilton as Provincial Military Governor.
John Houston, Governor of Texas.
Zebulon Vance served as North Carolina's governor during the Civil War.
Andrew Jackson Hamilton (January 28, 1815 - April 11, 1875) was a United States politician during the third quarter of the 19th century. He was a lawyer, state representative, military governor of Texas, as well as the 11th Governor of Texas during Reconstruction.
Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson and Texas Governor Sam Houston
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Zebulon Vance served as North Carolina's governor during the Civil War.
how was texas affected by communication issues or developments during the civil war
South- Texas was a slave state
William P. Clements Jr.
slaves
Sam Houston was the governor of Texas before the Civil War. But once the Civil War started Texas became part of the Confederate States of America (CSA) he refused to agree to the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, so they fired him.
Yes.