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Texans Fight In The Civil War
Should states be able to fight when they need to? About 65,000 Texans served in the Confederate military because they wanted their own rights. Texans were happy with the Kansas-Nebraska Act because you could vote whether you wanted slavery or not. After Abraham Lincoln became president (Anti slavery) a number of southern states left the Union so Texas decided to secede. A month after Texas left the Civil War began. Why did Texans fight in the Civil War? They fought because they loved their state, they wanted to preserve slavery and they fought for their state rights. Texans fought in the Civil War because of their love for Texas. “Tell Lissy not to talk to me about marrying up her, for if I ever marry it will be in Texas, I think.” (Document
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