. . "Texas seceded from the United States" . "Texas Ordinance of Secession" . . "torn apart" . "secession" . "Texas in the American Civil War" . "Civil War" . "Texas" . "seceded from the Union" . "Texas's involvement in the American Civil War" . "Texas in the American Civil War#Governor Sam Houston" . "Texas decided to secede from the United States" . "secede" . . "Confederate Texas" . . . . "Texas_in_the_American_Civil_War#Secession" . "blockade-running haven" . . . "United States" . "secession of Texas" . . "Texas Secession Convention" . . "Brownsville, Texas" . "Texas's secession" . . "secession of Texas from the U.S." . "State of Texas" . "Texas secession convention" . "smuggled cotton for sale on European Markets" . "Texas, State of" . . "Texas in the American Civil War" . "Texas Confederates" . . "Republic of Texas" . "removed from office" . "Ordinance of Secession" . .