Battle of Galveston
After the loss of the cutter Harriet Lane, the Union Fleet Commander William B. Renshaw blew up the stranded vessel USS Westfield to save it from falling into enemy hands.A temporary truce between the two opposing sides was established, and despite still being outnumbered, the Confederate forces sent over an officer to negotiate terms of surrender of the Union fleet.However, Union Fleet Commander William B. Renshaw rejected the Confederate offer, and attempted to destroy the grounded Westfield with explosives rather than let it fall into enemy hands.The Confederate Congress stated this on the successful recapture of Galveston: The bold, intrepid, and gallant conduct of Maj. Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder, Col. Thomas Green, Maj. Leon Smith and other officers, and of the Texan Rangers and soldiers engaged in the attack on, and victory achieved over, the land and naval forces of the enemy at Galveston, on January 1, 1863, eminently entitle them to the thanks of Congress and the country...This brilliant achievement, resulting, under the providence of God, in the capture of the war steamer Harriet Lane and the defeat and ignominious flight of the hostile fleet from the harbor, the recapture of the city and the raising of the blockade of the port of Galveston, signally evinces that superior force may be overcome by skillful conception and daring courage.29°20′22″N 94°46′01″W / 29.339536°N 94.767036°W / 29.339536; -94.767036
Battle of Galveston (disambiguation)Trans-Mississippi TheaterAmerican Civil WarGalveston, TexasConfederateUnited StatesConfederate States (Confederacy)William B. RenshawJohn B. MagruderLeon SmithWest Gulf Blockading SquadronTexas Marine DepartmentFirst Battle of Sabine PassBattle of Corpus ChristiBattle of Galveston HarborAction off Galveston LightSecond Battle of Sabine PassAmerican Battlefield Protection ProgramHarriet LaneUSS WestfieldBattle of Galveston Harbor (October 1862)cottoncladsCS Bayou CityCS NeptuneUSS CliftonUSS Harriet LaneUSS OwascoUSS CorypheusUSS SachemNew OrleansBattle of San JacintoJonathan Mayhew Wainwright IIGalvestonAshton VillaBalinese RoomBishop's PalaceEast End Historic DistrictElissa (ship)Fort CrockettGalveston Island Historic Pleasure PierGalveston Island State ParkGalveston Pirate SCGalveston Railroad MuseumGalveston SeawallGalveston Island TrolleyGrand 1894 Opera HouseLone Star Flight MuseumMoody GardensMoody PlazaOcean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & MuseumOld RedRosenberg LibrarySts. Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox ChurchSt. Mary Cathedral BasilicaSchlitterbahn Galveston Island WaterparkSeawolf ParkStrand Historic District1861 United States Customs and Federal Court HouseUSS CavallaUSS StewartAmerican National Insurance CompanyGalveston RailroadIsland TransitMoody FoundationMoody National BankPort of GalvestonTexas First BankScholes International Airport at GalvestonHistoryFirst Battle of GalvestonSecond Battle of GalvestonThe Beach HotelFort Point LightGalveston Hurricane of 1900Galveston Hurricane of 1915Galveston MovementJewish historyKarankawa IndiansFree State of GalvestonGulf, Colorado and Santa Fe RailwayGalveston BayGalveston IslandGulf of MexicoSan Luis PassWest BayEducationGalveston CollegeGalveston ISDBall HSCentral HSO'Connell College Preparatory SchoolTexas A&M University at GalvestonUniversity of Texas Medical BranchDominican HSGalveston National Biocontainment LaboratoryJohn Sealy HospitalSealy & Smith FoundationShriners Hospital for ChildrenTransitional Learning CenterThe Daily NewsKLTJ (Daystar)KTMD (Telemundo)AM radioFM radioVHF radioGalveston CausewayList of museums in the Texas Gulf CoastBolivar BridgeA Weekend in SeptemberBattle on the BayMythic GalvestonTexas in the American Civil WarHistory of slavery in TexasOrdinance of SecessionMarshall ConferencesNueces MassacreBattle of Galveston Harbor (1862)Great Hanging at GainesvilleBattle of BrownsvilleBattle of Mustang IslandBattle of Fort EsperanzaBattle of LaredoBattle of Dove CreekBattle of Palmito RanchJuneteenthTexas v. White