1860-69
1860
1861
Feb. 1
Texas secedes from the United States.
Mar. 2
Texas joins the Confederate States of America.
Apr. 12
American Civil War begins.
1862
1863
Jul. 26
Sam Houston dies in the bedroom of the Steamboat House, succumbing to pneumonia at age seventy. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Huntsville
1864
1865
Apr. 9
American Civil War ends.
1866
1867
Huntsville yellow fever epidemic reportedly kills 10% of Huntsville's population.
Feb. 6
The Peabody Education Fund is established.