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On this day in the history of our Texas homeland, September 19, 1863, many Texans fought at the Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia. In the intense fighting Texas commander General James Deschler was killed and John Bell Hood lost a leg.

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On this day in the history of our Texas homeland, August 19, 1895, John Wesley Hardin is killed outside a saloon in El Paso by John Selman.

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On this day in the history of our Texas homeland, August 2, 1832, Texian and Mexican forces clashed in the Battle of Nacogdoches.

Battle of Nacogdoches Historical Marker .d One of the opening actions of the Texas War for Independence, this battle occurred soon after settlers drove out the Mexican garrisons at Anahuac and Velasco. (A historical marker located in Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches County, Texas.)

On this day in the history of our nation, July 25, 1861, Texas troops under Baylor took the took of Mesilla in the New Mexico Territory and repulsed a Union attack on their position in the First Battle of Mesilla.

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