query: who won the first battle of sabine pass

pos: First Battle of Sabine Pass First Battle of Sabine Pass The First Battle of sabine pass or the Bombardment of Fort Sabine, on September 24–25, 1862, was the first Civil War bombardment by the United States Navy of a Confederate fort below Sabine City (now Sabine Pass, Texas.) It was the apex in a series of naval and land skirmishes around the mouth of the Sabine River, Texas, and preceded by four weeks the Union Navy's first armed entry into Galveston Bay called the Battle of Galveston Harbor. Besides strengthening the Union naval blockade of the Texas coastline, the shelling and capture of Sabine Pass

pos: First Battle of Sabine Pass First Battle of Sabine Pass The First Battle of sabine pass or the Bombardment of Fort Sabine, on September 24–25, 1862, was the first Civil War bombardment by the United States Navy of a Confederate fort below Sabine City (now Sabine Pass, Texas.) It was the apex in a series of naval and land skirmishes around the mouth of the Sabine River, Texas, and preceded by four weeks the Union Navy's first armed entry into Galveston Bay called the Battle of Galveston Harbor. Besides strengthening the Union naval blockade of the Texas coastline, the shelling and capture of Sabine Pass

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass Union gunboats from operating effectively, and the anticipated overland Union invasion of Texas was further delayed. Consequently, General Banks ordered his subordinate, Major General William B. Franklin, who would coordinate with the U.S. Navy, to enter the Sabine River from the Gulf of Mexico and defeat the small Confederate detachment at "Fort Sabine" on the river's west bank (Texas side) at Sabine Pass. about 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream of the river mouth. The key U.S. Navy target in the First Battle of Sabine Pass was the original earthworks thrown up on the Texas (west) shore of the Sabine River

pos: First Battle of Sabine Pass was to deter Confederate ground forces from moving southwestward on the Texas coast to augment Galveston's defense. And, it was to open the way for the Union invasion of Texas, which almost a year later was attempted by a combined force of Union naval and army forces at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass. Sabine Pass is the waterway serving as the outlet of the Sabine Lake estuary formed by the confluence of the Neches and Sabine rivers. The port at Sabine City was connected by a rail spur to the rail line running from the eastern border of Texas

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass military ceremony some time later. The Battle of Sabine Pass was of little tactical or strategic significance to the Civil War. A Confederate supply line from Mexico to Texas was never established, and in any case it could not have effectively supplied the states east of the Mississippi once the Union controlled the whole of that river after its victory at Vicksburg in July. The Confederacy was therefore forced to continue its reliance on blockade running to import valuable materials and resources. Second Battle of Sabine Pass The Second Battle of Sabine Pass took place on September 8, 1863, the

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass infantry division, the Union division of Major General Francis J. Herron moved to Morganza as a diversion, that resulted in the Battle of Stirling's Plantation. Fort Sabine had been renamed "Fort Griffin" in honor of an earlier commander, Confederate Lt. Colonel W. H. Griffin, although this was not shown on Union maps since the First Battle of Sabine Pass in late September 1862. The Confederate detachment residing at the fort was the Jeff Davis Guards (named for Confederate president Jefferson Davis), a company of mostly Irish-American men from the Houston and Galveston area, recently had been merged into the First

pos: Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site as a historic site by the Texas Historical Commission. Features include the 1936 statue honoring Dowling’s feats, a monument dedicated to the Union casualties, outdoor educational exhibits, and a scale model of the Civil War-era fort and battle. Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site is located in Jefferson County, Texas, where the Sabine River enters the Gulf of Mexico. The site is the location of a significant Civil War battle. In September 1863, members of the Davis Guard—led by Confederate Lt. Richard “Dick” Dowling—held off a Union attack at Sabine Pass, a key port

pos: Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site is located in Jefferson County, Texas, where the Sabine River enters the Gulf of Mexico. The site is the location of a significant Civil War battle. In September 1863, members of the Davis Guard—led by Confederate Lt. Richard “Dick” Dowling—held off a Union attack at Sabine Pass, a key port for Confederate shipments of supplies. In a battle lasting less than an hour, Dowling and his men destroyed two gunboats, captured nearly 350 prisoners, and prevented Union forces from penetrating the Texas interior. Today, the site is operated

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass Second Battle of Sabine Pass The Second Battle of Sabine Pass took place on September 8, 1863, the result of a failed Union Army attempt to invade the Confederate state of Texas during the American Civil War. It has often been credited as the most one-sided Confederate victory during the War. France was openly sympathetic to the Confederate States of America early in the Civil War, but never matched its sympathy with diplomatic or military action. After Mexican forces were defeated by French forces in summer 1863, Mexican president Benito Juárez escaped the capital, and the French installed Austrian Maximilian

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass about 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Sabine City, was the key to threatening Houston. If Union forces were to capture Beaumont, through which passed the railway line from Houston to New Orleans, then the last remaining railroad connection between Texas and the eastern Confederacy would be under Union control. Considering the dominant size of the Union expeditionary force, taking control of Sabine Pass and environs was not expected to be a great challenge to the U.S. forces. To prevent intervention from forces in Louisiana, that consisted of Brigadier General Thomas Green's First Cavalry Brigade and Brigadier General Alfred Mouton’s

pos: Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana) Logansport, Louisiana, down to Sabine Pass. The pirate Jean Lafitte made many trips up the Sabine and reportedly started the colony of Shacklefoot on the Texas side of the Sabine River, south of Carter's ferry up Bayou Patroon. During the American Civil War, on September 8, 1863, a small Confederate force thwarted a Union invasion of Texas at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, fought at the mouth of the river. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the middle course of the river was an area of widespread logging. The discovery of petroleum at nearby Spindletop led to

pos: First Battle of Sabine Pass unable to locate a passage. The next morning, September 25, Crocker fired three rounds into the fort with no response, then went ashore to find the fort deserted. He walked toward Sabine City and was met by a delegation announcing the town's surrender. This was the first major Texas city captured by the Union. Neither side reported suffering any casualties. On September 27, 1862, three boats with thirty-three men traveled up the "Sabine River" twelve miles, near the mouth of Taylor's Bayou, and attempted to destroy a railroad bridge, but after they left the bridge was saved. During the period

pos: Texas in the American Civil War control of Laredo, Corpus Christi, and Sabine Pass failed. By the end of the war no territory but Brazos Island and El Paso was in Union hands. The California Column occupied the region around El Paso from 1862 to the end of the war. The most notable military battle in Texas during the war happened on September 8, 1863. At the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small garrison of 46 Confederates from the mostly-Irish Davis Guards under Lt. Richard W. Dowling, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery, defeated a much larger Union force from New Orleans under Gen. William B. Franklin.

pos: 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment deploying into line of battle, but met with the first check of the day. But he was not repulsed, and the whole army was soon in retreat, having lost two thousand, killed, wounded, and prisoners, several batteries of artillery, and large quantities of property. Such was the disastrous battle of Sabine Cross Roads, in which the troops engaged fought with great valor, but which was lost to the Union arms by reason of unskilful generalship on the part of the commanding officer, and by that alone. Few troops ever fought more bravely than those who were compelled to pass under

pos: High Hill, Texas Creuzbauer was ordered to the post at Sabine Pass on the Texas Gulf Coast near Louisiana to assist Confederate efforts to counter Union attacks at the nearby Calcasieu Pass. On May 6, Creuzbauer assisted in attacks on Union troops who were collecting livestock at Calcasieu Pass. This action culminated in the capture of Union gunboats "Granite City" and "Wave". Shortly after the battle of Calcasieu Pass, Creuzbauer's resignation was accepted, and he returned to farming along Buckners Creek in Fayette County, leaving command of the unit to his brother-in-law Charles Welhausen. Creuzbauer died on March 5, 1871, in Fayette County,

pos: Hempstead, Texas downtown Hempstead. Many died in the hospital and almost all of them are buried on McDade Plantation west of town, which became the hospital cemetery. In June 1863, Camp Groce was re-opened as a prison camp for Union prisoners captured in the Battles of Galveston (January 1, 1863) and Sabine Pass I (January 21, 1863). The Union prisoners of war taken at the Battle of Sabine Pass II (September 8, 1863) were also sent to Camp Groce. 427 Union prisoners were held at Camp Groce in 1863 and 21 died. Most of the dead were buried northeast of camp where

pos: William B. Franklin When Joseph Hooker took command of the army that February, Franklin resigned his command, refusing to serve under him. During the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, Franklin was home in York, Pennsylvania, and assisted Maj. Granville Haller in developing plans for the defense of the region against an expected enemy attack. Eventually, Franklin was reassigned to the Department of the Gulf in New Orleans under Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks. In September 1863, he tried to capture Sabine Pass during the Second Battle of Sabine Pass. The operation ended abruptly after the combined Union Army and Navy invasion force of four gunboats and

pos: Fort Manhassett The Confederates discovered the Federal boats lying at anchor with no steam in their drums; after a sharp three-hour battle, both vessels surrendered and were boarded by the Confederates. The two ships were recovered by the Confederates and outfitted as blockade runners. Rebel casualties were 14 killed and 9 wounded; it is unknown how many Union sailors and marines died. However, according to Colonel Griffin's report of May 11, 1864, there were an estimated 15 to 20 Union dead. It is ironic that the "Granite City" was captured by the Sabine garrison only from Sabine Pass; during the battle there,

pos: Battle of Brownsville Santiago Pass at the delta of the Rio Grande and exported from Port Isabel. Union forces captured this port and trade was moved inland to Brownsville, Texas. From Brownsville goods were transported across the border to Matamoros and from there to neutral ports along the Mexican coast. The U.S. government was also anxious to show Union presence along the Mexican border since the French army had just invaded Mexico and installed Maximillian as emperor. Following the Union debacle at the second Battle of Sabine Pass, the U.S. government demanded General Nathaniel P. Banks, commanding the Department of the Gulf, to

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass Texas Heavy Artillery. They were stationed at the hastily built earthworks a mile (1.6 km) upstream (north) on the southwest bank of the Pass. When the battle began with the Union gunboats' bombardment on September 8, 1863, at the fort were forty-six men; all but two or three were members of the Davis Guards. Under the immediate command of Lieutenant Richard W. Dowling, the Davis Guards had mounted their unit's six old smoothbore cannon on the elevated platform of the small earthen fort. Although unimpressive to Union observers and scouts, the fort's gun positions were high enough to afford a

pos: Leon Smith (naval commander) Orleans Railroad. On September 8 he was at Beaumont, Texas when a Union force under the command of Major General William B. Franklin with four gunboats, eighteen transports, and 5,000 infantry assaulted up the Sabine River in the Second Battle of Sabine Pass. Smith immediately ordered all Confederate troops in Beaumont, some eighty men, aboard the steamer "Roebuck" and sent them down the river to reinforce Fort Griffin. Smith and a Captain Good rode to the fort on horseback, reaching the fort some three hours before the steamer, arriving just as the Union gunboats and "Sachem" came within range of

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass troops were debarked. This engagement was to be the largest amphibious assault on enemy territory in the history of the U.S. military up to that date. Leon Smith, who was at Beaumont, Texas, immediately ordered all Confederate troops in Beaumont, some eighty men, aboard the steamer "Roebuck" and sent them down the river to reinforce Fort Griffin. Smith and a Captain Good rode to the fort on horseback, reaching the fort some three hours before the steamer, arriving just as the Union gunboats and "Sachem" came within range, and assisted in the defense of the fort. Dowling's well practiced Irish-Texan

pos: USS Granite City (1863) to help support the troop landings because her shallow draft allowed her to cross the bar and lie close to shore. She crossed the bar in company with , , and during the Second Battle of Sabine Pass on 8 September 1863, with her upper deck carrying several hundred Union Army infantrymen. When withering fire of Confederate batteries forced the surrender of "Sachem" and "Clifton", and the "Arizona" now receiving undivided attention of the fort's artillery, "Granite City" backed out of the Pass and returned to invasion fleet of 18 other warships waiting offshore. "Sachem" and "Clifton" were disabled and

pos: David Robert Wingate to avoid capture. At this time, Wingate is credited with supplying the logs needed to build Fort Sabine. In August 1862, the yellow fever epidemic reached Sabine Pass, triggering Wingate to evacuate his family back to Newton County where they remained until the end of the war. Several months later on October 21, a Union Navy patrol invaded Sabine Pass, destroying his sawmill and residence there with fire. In 1864, Wingate was elected chief justice of Newton County, with the provisional civilian governor Andrew J. Hamilton giving him the same appointment the following year. In 1873, Wingate suffered another substantial

pos: First Battle of Sabine Pass schooners maneuvered to within 1.5 miles of the fort and began firing at 5:30 P.M. Confederate forces numbering twenty eight artillerists manning the artillery batteries, additionally supported by thirty cavalrymen, were unable to effectively return fire as the outdated guns were unable to reach the Union vessels. They took shelter and re-emerged as night fell and the bombardment ceased. After inspecting the damage the Confederate commander, Major Josephus S. Irvine, ordered his artillery spiked and then retreated during the night. Since the fort ceased firing during the day, Crocker attempted to take the fort that evening using launches, but was

pos: USS Henry Janes (1861) batteries as she went. Assigned to the blockading forces off the coast of Texas, the schooner's next action, at Sabine Pass, was against Confederate batteries near Sabine City. The Union Navy vessels entered the pass 21 September and forced the defenders to evacuate their fortifications 4 days later. Although Sabine City was captured, the Union Navy could dominate only the waters in the area as no occupying troops were available. "Henry Janes" returned to blockading duties, with occasional boat expeditions into the innumerable passes and inlets of the Texas coast. On one such expedition, 20 November 1862, an entire boat

pos: USS Rachel Seaman (1861) Pass, Texas, forcing the Confederate garrison to spike their guns and abandon the works there. The next day, landing parties took possession of the fort. However, want of occupation troops prevented the Union Navy from holding the area. On 6 October, "Rachel Seaman" captured British schooner "Dart" attempting to run the blockade at Sabine Pass. On 15 October boat crews from "Rachel Seaman" and "Kensington" destroyed a railroad bridge at Taylor's Bayou, Texas, preventing Confederate reinforcement of Sabine Pass with heavy guns. They also burned schooners "Stonewall" and "Lone Star" and Southern barracks. "Rachel Seaman" took schooner "Nymph" off Pass

pos: Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War to the Mexican border towns of Matamoros and the port of Bagdad, and shipped to Europe by means of blockade runners in exchange for supplies. Determined to close this trade, the Union mounted several invasion attempts of Texas, each of them unsuccessful. Confederate victories at Galveston, Texas, the Battle of Sabine Pass and the Second Bayou Teche Campaign repulsed invasion forces. The Union's disastrous Red River Campaign in western Louisiana, including a defeat at the Battle of Mansfield, effectively ended the Union's final invasion attempt of the region until the fall of the Confederacy. Jeffery Prushankin argues that Kirby Smith's

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass bar, an additional two miles (3.2 km) downstream of this squadron, lay at anchor the remaining ships of the 22-vessel invasion fleet. The cited contemporary U.S. Army map shows the nominal positions of the bombardment fleet of four, the seven ships of the transport squadron, and the relative position farther out in the Gulf of the remaining vessels. The official reports of the battle generally reflect the map's information. The total number of Union infantry assault troops in the landing force is given as 5,000 infantrymen, which included 500 listed as aboard the "Granite City", those aboard the six troop

pos: Second Battle of Sabine Pass had the best potential to hit each range-stake. Crocker's squadron had no local river pilots, only general knowledge of the river's channels, no assurance of locations of the constantly varying depths especially of large oyster-shell "reefs" or "banks" between the river's two channels. Regarding this battle no mention is found in official U.S. Navy reports of whether Union sailors were making observations and taking depth soundings from the gunboats' now dangerous top decks, while the Confederate cannon shots pounded and shook their ships. The few maps to which they had access were old and outdated or could not account for

pos: Woodford County, Illinois siege was made and won. After participating in the first Vicksburg battles, the 77th was part of the group of Union invaders marched to the east, where on May 14, 1863, they took part in the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi, leading to the fall of that city. This success was followed the next spring by a catastrophe, however. In April 1864, having marched into Louisiana towards Alexandria, the unit was isolated and crushed in a cavalry support operation at the Battle of Sabine Cross-roads. Some 176 officers and men of the 77th Illinois were killed, wounded, or captured, leaving only

neg: First Battle of Sabine Pass of the place) withdrew the "Rachael Seaman" across the bar and back into the Gulf, abandoning the city and Fort Sabine, thus returning Sabine Pass, the lake, and river to Confederate hands. Second Battle of Sabine Pass First Battle of Sabine Pass The First Battle of sabine pass or the Bombardment of Fort Sabine, on September 24–25, 1862, was the first Civil War bombardment by the United States Navy of a Confederate fort below Sabine City (now Sabine Pass, Texas.) It was the apex in a series of naval and land skirmishes around the mouth of the Sabine River, Texas,

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas Sabine River, and the Neches River under General J. B. Magruder. Two battles, the First Battle of Sabine Pass, and the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, both occurred around the Sabine Lake estuary, in Sabine Pass, between the southern end of the current community of Sabine Pass, Texas and the Sabine Pass Lighthouse on the Louisiana side. In 1970, construction crews attempting to repair SH-87 accidentally dug up Civil War era ammunition. The following is an excerpt from Texas State Highway 87: In 1970, road machinery used in its construction accidentally dug up several cannonballs and crumbling kegs of black

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas First Battle of Sabine Pass, and the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, as well as land skirmishes that occurred around the historic Sabine Pass Lighthouse during the Civil War. In 1832, Thomas Corts (of England) and John McGaffey (of New Hampshire) were among the first settlers of the Sabine Pass area. Stephen Hendrickson Everitt (1806–1844) wrote a letter to Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar on March 11, 1839, seeking to establish a post office in the area. There was already a Republic of Texas custom's house, established in 1837, as well as a United States customs house at

neg: First Battle of Sabine Pass between the 27th and the end of the month Crocker and the "Kensington" captured the British Schooner "Velocity" and Hooper and the "Rachael Seaman" captured the schooner "Dart". On October 3, 1862, Crocker captured the blockade runner "Dan" on the Calcasieu Pass and used it to travel back up the Sabine River to destroy the railroad bridge. Crocker was promoted to the rank of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant "for gallant conduct" in the Sabine Pass and Calcasieu Pass operations by Admiral Farragut. When intelligence reports indicated that there was a large Confederate army, preparing to counter-attack, Master Hooper (then in command

neg: Second Battle of Sabine Pass about three miles (4.8 km) south of Sabine City, a tiny town with some wharfs on the east side of its main street. After the Navy gunboats subdued the fort, the first wave of U.S. Army infantrymen riding the deck of one of the gunboats would debark at the fort. They were to take Sabine City, secure the area for the main landing force, and prepare to march on Beaumont. This action would deny the Pass and the natural shallow-water harbor Sabine Lake, upstream from the Gulf about 6 miles (about 9.6 km), to blockade runners. Beaumont, on higher ground

neg: Second Battle of Sabine Pass clear view to the horizon for many miles: the flat marshlands stretched northeastward into Louisiana, westward toward Houston, southwestward toward Galveston, northward toward Port Arthur and Beaumont, and southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. The nearest observation point affording a view of Fort Griffin, other than from the mast "top" of a naval vessel seaward of the Pass, was the Sabine Pass lighthouse on the Louisiana (opposite) side of Sabine Pass at the mouth of the Sabine River. On the afternoon of September 8, 1863, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Frederick Crocker ("Acting Captain") was in command of the advance squadron composed

neg: Sabine Pass Lighthouse Sabine Pass Lighthouse The Sabine Pass Lighthouse, or Sabine Pass Light as it was referred to by the United States Coast Guard, is a historic lighthouse, as part of a gulf coast light station, on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River, in Cameron Parish, across from the community of Sabine Pass, Texas. It was first lit in 1857 and was deactivated by the Coast Guard in 1952. One of only three built in the United States of similar design, the light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Sabine Pass Lighthouse" on December 17, 1981. It

neg: Sabine Pass region also has an existing pipeline infrastructure with access to South East Texas and U.S. markets. The former city of Sabine Pass, Texas, is now a neighborhood of Port Arthur. Sabine Pass Sabine Pass is the natural outlet of Sabine Lake into the Gulf of Mexico. It borders Jefferson County, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Two major battles occurred here during the American Civil War, known as the First and Second Battles of Sabine Pass. A powerful storm made landfall at Sabine Pass on October 12, 1886. It was the tenth hurricane of the season, now referred to as The

neg: Sabine Pass Sabine Pass Sabine Pass is the natural outlet of Sabine Lake into the Gulf of Mexico. It borders Jefferson County, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Two major battles occurred here during the American Civil War, known as the First and Second Battles of Sabine Pass. A powerful storm made landfall at Sabine Pass on October 12, 1886. It was the tenth hurricane of the season, now referred to as The Texas-Louisiana Hurricane of 1886, that all but wiped out Sabine Pass and Johnson Bayou in Cameron Parish. The storm, now considered to have been a category 3 (Saffir–Simpson scale), resulted

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas incorporated on June 15, 1861. The expectations of the earlier settlers, as well as the founders of Sabine Pass, never materialized. Arthur Stilwell had original plans for the southern terminus of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to be Sabine Pass. But the Kountze brothers, who owned the land Stilwell needed for the railroad, refused to make a deal so Port Arthur was born. During the American Civil War, Fort Manhassett, Fort Sabine, and Fort Griffin (not to be confused with the later frontier fort) were built by the Confederacy to protect the waterway of Sabine Pass, the

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas Sabine Pass is a neighborhood in Port Arthur, Texas. It lies at Sabine Pass, on the west bank of the Sabine River, the border between Louisiana and Texas, and was incorporated in 1861. Formally annexed by Port Arthur in 1978, Sabine Pass has its own school district, post office, water district, and port authority. Police and fire protection is provided by the Port Arthur city government. The Port Arthur Convention and Visitors Bureau stated that Sabine Pass is "often regarded as" being a "self-contained" community. Sabine Pass was the site of two naval battles, the

neg: Battle of Stirling's Plantation and “plant the Flag in Texas”, which plans resulted in the Second Battle of Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863. As a part of his overall plan, Herron’s division was to be transported to Morganza, Louisiana, below the mouth of the Red River. Both Confederate Brigadier General Tom Green's cavalry and Brigadier General Alfred Mouton’s small infantry division were operating on the upper Atchafalaya River. Herron’s movement would distract the Confederates from the invasion of Texas, and they hoped it would prevent the Confederate forces from moving to Texas had the Sabine Pass effort been successful. On September 5, Herron's

neg: Richard W. Dowling Mexico; the expedition was successfully completed without a shot being fired. They participated in the Battle of Galveston on New Year's Day 1863, following which they were assigned to a newly constructed artillery post near the mouth of Sabine River called "Fort Sabine" (later named "Fort Griffin", not the same as the later Fort Griffin established west of Fort Worth). Sabine Pass was important as a point of arrival and departure for blockade runners. With the fall of Vicksburg in July 1863, followed by the Battle of Gettysburg, it was obvious that the Civil War was now not going well

neg: 160th New York Volunteer Infantry Bayou Fourche, July 13-14. Duty near Thibodeaux and at Brashear City until September 2. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4-12. Sabine Pass September 8. Moved to Algiers, then to Berwick September 17. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Vermillion Bayou October 9-10. Carrion Crow Bayou October 11. At New Iberia until January 7, 1864. Moved to Franklin January 7, and duty there until March. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Monett's Ferry or Cane River Crossing April 23. At Alexandria April 26-May 13.

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas the community. The section of Port Arthur within the Sabine Pass School District is assigned to Galveston College in Galveston. Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas Sabine Pass is a neighborhood in Port Arthur, Texas. It lies at Sabine Pass, on the west bank of the Sabine River, the border between Louisiana and Texas, and was incorporated in 1861. Formally annexed by Port Arthur in 1978, Sabine Pass has its own school district, post office, water district, and port authority. Police and fire protection is provided by the Port Arthur city government. The Port Arthur Convention and Visitors Bureau stated that

neg: Sabine Pass Lighthouse Battle of Sabine Pass, which was fought nearby. The original keeper's dwelling was destroyed by a hurricane in 1886, with the keeper and his wife surviving by holding up in the tower; a new dwelling and accessory buildings were constructed the following year. Another hurricane in 1915 shook the tower so violently that the clockwork for the beacon stopped, and the keeper rotated it by hand to keep the light active. In the early years of the twentieth century, jetties were constructed in the vicinity of the light, and by 1921 these extended well out into the gulf, necessitating their

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas was featured in the "EM:HE - After The Storm Texas Special" which aired on the ABC on April 14, 2006. Adam Saunders, a spokesperson for the City of Port Arthur, said that of the 225 houses in Sabine pass, 20% of them were livable after Rita hit Sabine Pass. In September 2008, Hurricane Ike struck Galveston and managed to generate the highest surge ever recorded at Sabine Pass. Saunders said that a fewer number of houses remained livable after Ike than after Rita. Cindy Horswell of the "McClatchy - Tribune Business News" said that Sabine Pass was "among those hardest

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas Sabine Pass is known for its wildlife. Sea Rim State Park and McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge lie at the end of Highway 87. The two provide excellent wildlife and especially bird watching venues. Camping on the Gulf of Mexico beach at Sea Rim State Park is a popular attraction. While Port Arthur annexed Sabine Pass in 1978, the census of the two began to be enumerated together since the 1990s. While Sabine pass has a separate school district, post office, water district, and port authority, it is incorporated into the city of Port Arthur. Sabine Pass Independent School District serves

neg: USS Cayuga (1861) city to Flag Officer David Farragut. Three of "Cayuga's" sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during this battle: Captain of the Afterguard William Parker, Quartermaster Edward Wright, and Boatswain's Mate William Young. The ship then bombarded Donaldsonville, Louisiana, on 9 August 1862. On 18 April 1863, at Sabine Pass, Texas, her commanding officer, Lieutenant David McDermut, led a party of men ashore in a reconnaissance designed as the last step in a plan to cut out Confederate steamers lying at Sabine, then to establish control of the Sabine River, separating southern forces in Texas from those

neg: First Battle of Sabine Pass to Houston and Galveston. Although the port and entrance to the pass over the bar were shallow, it served coastal trade and, increasingly, blockade runners. In September 1862 the commander of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Rear Admiral David Farragut, encouraged Master Frederick Crocker in the steamer to capture the port. Farragut assigned Acting Master Quincy Hooper in the schooner to assist. On September 23, the vessels arrived off of the pass and were joined by Acting Master Lewis Pennington in the mortar schooner . The captains conferred and determined that they would not attempt to get the deep draft

neg: 1897 Atlantic hurricane season and storm surge damaging or destroying numerous buildings, houses, and crops in several cities, including Beaumont, New Sabine Pass, Orange, Sabine Pass, and Port Arthur. The storm was considered the worst in Orange since 1875. Overall, the storm caused at least 29 fatalities in Texas, with six died at Port Arthur, three offshore, four in Sabine Pass, and sixteen others at Beaumont. Damage in the state reached approximately $150,000. The third storm of the season was first observed in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on September 20. Strengthening while heading northeastward, the system made landfall near Boca Grande, Florida with

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas Garrison Ridge, and the nearest post office was 40 miles away. On October 19, 1839, Everitt, representing John Bevil, filed an intention with Chief Justice Palmer in Jasper County, to form a city to be known as "City of the Pass" with 1600 acres and 2500 lots, but was unsuccessful. There is some confusion as to if this was Sabine Pass that he had previously written about or an intended city to the south. Records also indicate that in 1839, Sam Houston, along with Philip Sublette and associates, laid out what is referred to as "the first townsite of Sabine",

neg: 161st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Brigade, Reserve, Military Division of West Mississippi, from December 4, 1864; in 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Corps, from February, 1865; in the District of Florida in June, 1865. The spring 1863 attack on Port Hudson and the battle at Donaldsonville caused many casualties; illness at New Iberia caused many deaths while the autumn attack on Sabine Pass resulted in many captured. New recruits arrived in the winter of 1863-4 in time for the Red River Campaign. At the Battle of Sabine Cross Roads, many were wounded and captured, while in the summer many deaths from chronic diarrhea occurred at

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas in London in 1841), mentioned the settlement of the area and wrote, "Taylor's creek, a small stream that enters Sabine Bay from the west, a few miles above the city of Sabine...", By not capitalizing "city" it appears that the city was named Sabine. No records indicate that the settlement was ever called just "Sabine" so this might have been referring to the name of the place as "City of Sabine". There is reference that General J. B. Magruder, "ordered construction of a major fortification of five redoubts seven miles west of Sabine City..." in 1863, but Sabine Pass was

neg: Sabine Schöne Sabine Schöne Sabine Schoene, (born January 27, 1974 in Munich) is a former professional squash player who represented Germany. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in November 1997. As a junior, Sabine Schoene won ten national junior titles in various age groups. 1988, at the age of only 14 she won her first National Championship title in the women's division - a title she held for 17 years until she retired in 2004. In 1991 she lost the final of the World Junior Chamionships against Cassie Campion. For eight years she was ranked inside the Top

neg: Sabine Schöne Ten with 5 tournament wins and a silver medal at the World Games in Lahti in 1997. 2010 and 2012 she became World Champion in the O35 category. Sabine Schöne Sabine Schoene, (born January 27, 1974 in Munich) is a former professional squash player who represented Germany. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in November 1997. As a junior, Sabine Schoene won ten national junior titles in various age groups. 1988, at the age of only 14 she won her first National Championship title in the women's division - a title she held for 17 years

neg: Sabine Pass in at least 196 deaths. Occurrence of the storm was recorded in the controversial "Diary of Louise" on October 20, 1886. Hurricane Rita made landfall on September 24, 2005 and on September 12–13, 2008, Hurricane Ike struck Sabine Pass and Galveston, generating the highest surge of 22 feet (6.7 meters) which is, according to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), the highest ever recorded at Sabine Pass. Sabine Pass is a site for an LNG receiving terminal because it is located along one of a few deepwater ports along the Gulf Coast suitable for importing LNG. The

neg: Jefferson County, Texas Jefferson County with 50.34% of the vote, while 48.73% went to Mitt Romney. In 2016, Donald Trump won the county by a very narrow margin over Hillary Clinton, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to win in Jefferson County since 1972. The area is served by deep-water ports located at Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, and Sabine Pass. The Sabine Neches Waterway provides deep-water access to ocean-going vessels, which are served by public ports within the County. The waterway is the 3rd largest port in the US by tonnage. The County is traversed by Interstate Highway 10, US Highways 90 and

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas powder about 10 miles west of Sabine Pass. Further excavation eventually produced more kegs of black powder and several hundred cannonballs. The ammunition had been buried there by Confederate soldiers in what were the diches of Fort Manhassett in 1865. Fort Manhassett was a series of earthworks constructed by the Confederacy in 1863 to defend the western approaches to Sabine Pass. Because of the short distance separating Sabine Pass from the Gulf of Mexico, the city has suffered greatly from numerous hurricanes since its founding. After hurricanes in 1886, 1900, 1915, and the devastating Hurricane Audrey in 1957, economic development

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas hit" by Hurricane Ike. 225 families lived in Sabine Pass pre-Ike, and in January 2009 Steve Fitzgibbons, the city manager of the City of Port Arthur, estimated that at that time, half of the families had returned to Sabine Pass post-Ike. Fire station #4, the one built by "", was destroyed by Ike, and FEMA provided funding for a new fire station. The new station, built 12 feet above sea level and able to withstand 150 mile-per-hour winds, was dedicated in August 2013. Sabine Pass is outside of the Jefferson County levee system, which protects other communities in the county.

neg: Sabine Pass Lighthouse as Southwest Louisiana's lighthouse, with the five-parish area, as well as Southeast Texas, chipping in. "The lighthouse sits on land that was part of Calcasieu Parish when it was built. Ami Kamara, curator for the Gulf Coast Museum, stated, "When you live on the Gulf, you consider the whole Gulf your home", she also said, "The lighthouses were such an important part of living on a coast and keeping it safe for the shipping industry.", and that East Texans still consider the lighthouse a part of their history as well. Sabine Pass Lighthouse The Sabine Pass Lighthouse, or Sabine Pass

neg: Port Arthur, Texas Port Arthur and the surrounding communities. The mayor of Port Arthur is Derrick Ford Freeman. The county operates the Port Arthur Sub-Courthouse in Port Arthur. The United States Postal Service operates the Port Arthur Post Office, the Port Acres Post Office, and the Sabine Pass Post Office in Sabine Pass. Most of the city is served by the Port Arthur Independent School District. The portion around Southeast Texas Regional Airport is served by the Nederland Independent School District. Some parts are served by Port Neches-Groves Independent School District. The Sabine Pass community is served by the Sabine Pass Independent School

neg: Sabine River (New Zealand) forms the western branch of the Travers-Sabine tramping circuit. This route usually starts from Saint Arnaud at the northern end of Lake Rotoiti. It follows the course of the Travers River, goes up over the sub alpine Travers Saddle (1787 metres), and then descends along the East Sabine Valley and Sabine Valley to Lake Rotoroa. A track also ascends the West Sabine to Blue Lake. This route continues over the Waiau Pass, eventually connecting with the St James Walkway and Lewis Pass. Three tramping huts are located in the Sabine Valley: Sabine Hut (on the shore of Lake Rotoroa, near

neg: First Battle of Sabine Pass "Kensington" over the bar, but instead would use the schooners to make the attack. Late that afternoon the "Rachel Seaman" made it over, but the slightly deeper draft "Henry Janes" became stuck when the tide fell. The morning of September 24 revealed Pennington's ship stuck in the mud within sight of the fort. Pennington ordered his vessel to fire and it was soon joined by the "Rachael Seaman." The Confederate artillerists responded, but their shots fell short as did most of the naval gunfire. After five hours the "Henry Janes" was freed from the muck and entered the pass. Both

neg: Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana) the ferry to Carter, who became the namesake. Farther north, and just above Bayou Lanan, was Williamson Ferry. Other ferries on the Sabine River: The main Sabine River crossings were the El Camino Real (King's Highway) from Natchitoches, or "Upper Route" from Shreveport; and the "Lower" Route, from Opelousas called "The Old Beef Trail". It was used to drive thousands of cattle from Texas to Alexandria, Louisiana, for shipment to cities such as New Orleans. Hickman Ferry was a shipping point for areas as far west as Burkeville. Sabine River ports from Sabine Pass in river mileage were "Belgrade", 171

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas moved north from Sabine Pass to the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, which still dominate the area's economy today. On September 24, 2005, Hurricane Rita came ashore over Sabine Lake—the surge from the storm destroyed more than 90% of the structures in Sabine Pass. In February 2006, the team from "" ("EM: HE") visited the town and rebuilt the Firehouse (which included a new Firetruck worth $400,000), the High School Auditorium and gave dozens of families $350 gift cards from Sears to replace items such as clothes, space heaters, blankets etc., lost due to Hurricane Rita. This town

neg: Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, Texas run the customs port the agent fired a warning shot across the bow of each ship and then six more as an attempt to sink them. Both schooners weighed anchor and settled the matter. The name of the community evolved over time from City of Sabine, to Sabine City, and then to Sabine Pass. Although requested in 1839, and there was a steam lumber mill in the community in 1846, a post office was not established until 1847, as the "Sabine City Post Office". In 1841, William Kennedy, in "The Rise, Progress and Prospects of the Republic of Texas" (published

neg: Sabine John Sabine John Sabine John (née Möbius, divorced Paetz, born 16 October 1957) is a retired East German heptathlete. She broke the world record in 1984 with a score of 6946 points, and won silver medals at the 1983 World Championships, and the 1988 Olympic Games. Born in Döbeln, Bezirk Leipzig, John competed for the sports club SC DHfK Leipzig during her career. As Sabine Mobius, she won the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 1982 European Championships, behind fellow East German Ramona Neubert. Competing under her first married name of Sabine Paetz, she won the silver medal in the

neg: Edward Sabine the War of 1812 against the United States that he had his first taste of combat. In May 1813, while making for Canada, the English packet-ship Manchester was attacked by an American privateer. In the ensuing battle Sabine, who was the Manchester's astronomer, reportedly handled a gun "to good effect." Sabine continued to see action in the War of 1812, particularly in the Niagara Campaign, where he commanded the batteries at the siege of Fort Erie. After a short spell of military service in Quebec, he returned to England and devoted the remainder of his long life to the more

neg: 162nd New York Volunteer Infantry 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and duty there until September. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4–11. Moved from Algiers to Brashear City September 16, then to Berwick September 26. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 – November 30. At New Iberia until January 7, 1864. Moved to Franklin January 7, and duty there until March. Red River Campaign March 10 – May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14–26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23. At Alexandria April 26 – May 13.

neg: 173rd New York Volunteer Infantry to New Orleans July 15, and duty there until August 28. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4–11. Moved to Brashear City September 16, then to Berwick. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Vermillionville November 11. At New Iberia until January 7, 1864. Moved to Franklin January 7, and duty there until March. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria, March 14–26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Monett's Bluff, Cane River Crossing, April 23. At Alexandria April 26 – May 13. Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30 – May 10. Retreat

neg: 116th New York Volunteer Infantry and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Expedition to Donaldsville July 9-30. Action at Kock's Plantation, Bayou LaFourche, July 12-13. Moved to Baton Rouge August 1, then to New Orleans August 28. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4-12. Moved to Brashear City September 17. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Camp at New Iberia November 17, 1863 to January 8, 1864. Moved to Franklin January 8, and duty there until March 15. Red River Campaign March 15-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 15-26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Monett's Ferry, Cane

neg: Albert Parsons Richardson of the Galveston "Daily News." Parsons left his job at the paper, joining an artillery company at a hastily constructed fort at Sabine Pass, Texas, where an elder brother was the captain of an infantry company. For a year Parsons participated in military drill and served as a "powder monkey" for the cannoneers. Upon the expiration of his first enlistment, Parsons left Fort Sabine to join the cavalry unit of the brother who had previously brought him to Texas, the 12th Regiment of the Texas Cavalry, also known as "Parsons' Mounted Volunteers." Albert Parsons was a member of the

neg: Margaret Lea Houston from his office in Liberty. He arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in the early months of 1839 as a partner of the Sabine City Company, seeking investors to develop a community that is today known as Sabine Pass. Through Martin Lea, he made the acquaintance of Antoinette's husband William Bledsoe, a wealthy businessman who in turn suggested Nancy Lea as a possible investor. Invited to a garden party at Martin's home, it was there Houston first became acquainted with Margaret. The mutual attraction was instantaneous. Nancy was favorably impressed with Houston's land sales pitch, but not so impressed with his interest

neg: David Sabine a single run before being dismissed by Ian Bishop. The West Indians won the match by an innings and 43 runs. In that same season he made a single List A appearance against Sussex at Mote Park in the Refuge Assurance League. Sabine wasn't required to bat during the match, while with the ball he bowled 5 wicketless overs, conceding 19 runs. Kent won the match by 4 wickets. These were his only major appearances for Kent. David Sabine David John Sabine (born 6 June 1966) is a New Zealand born former English cricketer. Sabine was a right-handed batsman who

neg: Battle of Jenkins' Ferry to surrender, according to reports from the field. About the time the remnants of the federal force who were not killed or captured at Poison Spring stumbled back into Camden, Steele learned that General Banks had turned back in his drive toward Shreveport after being defeated at the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana (also known as Pleasant Grove or Sabine Cross Roads), about from Shreveport, on April 8, 1864. Banks had won a tactical victory and inflicted more casualties (1,626) than his forces sustained (1,369) at the Battle of Pleasant Hill the day after the battle of Mansfield. His force also

neg: Sabine Braun Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born June 19, 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes. Her international sport career began in August 1983 with the European Junior Championships where she won second place. In 1984 she placed sixth at the XXIII Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, California. At the XXV Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain she won the bronze medal behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee from the United States who won the gold and Irina

neg: Sabine Toutain Sabine Toutain Sabine Toutain (born in 1966) is a contemporary French violist. Sabine Toutain was born in Le Mans in 1966; she began her musical studies there and then entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1982. In 1984, she won the first prize of alto in Serge Collot's class and first prize in Chamber music with Bruno Pasquier. She perfected herself in Jean Moullière's string quartet class in order to take part in international competitions. She was then a finalist in the Eurovision competition for young musicians and a prize-winner of the Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition. Finally, she won

neg: Bayou Teche Campaign a la Rose and Alexandria. In the second half of 1863, Banks was under orders to gain a foothold in Texas. His first attempt had been repulsed at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass. In October, he ordered troops under Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin to move north-west from New Iberia and the Berwick Bay area to probe the land route toward Texas. The difficulty of the route, the resistance from Confederates, and the success of a coastal operation in Texas led to the termination of Franklin's advance. Bayou Teche Campaign The Bayou Teche Campaign, or First Bayou Teche Campaign,

neg: Bechtel of five LNG trains for the Sabine Pass Liquefaction project in Louisiana. The initial cargo from the first completed train was delivered in 2016. Bechtel "substantially completed" its work for Cheniere Energy Partners LP on Train 4 of the Sabine Pass liquefaction project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. As of 2016, the unit has completed approximately 36% of an LNG project in Corpus Christi, Texas, which includes three LNG trains, three LNG storage tanks, and two berths. In 2016, Bechtel completed roof raises on two tanks at a liquefaction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, for Cheniere. In May 2013, the unit

neg: Nathaniel P. Banks the coast of Texas, chiefly for the purpose of preventing the French in Mexico from aiding the Confederates or occupying Texas, and to interdict Confederate supplies from Texas heading east. The second objective he attempted to achieve at first by sending a force against Galveston; his troops were badly beaten in the Second Battle of Sabine Pass on September 8. An expedition sent to Brownsville secured possession of the region near the mouth of the Rio Grande and the Texas outer islands in November. As part of operations against Texas, Halleck also encouraged Banks to undertake the Red River Campaign,

neg: Richard W. Dowling wear the Southern Cross of Honor, but this award required the recipient be living when presented the award from 1900-1913. Richard W. Dowling Richard William "Dick" Dowling (baptised 14 January 1837 – September 23, 1867) was the victorious confederate commander at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass in the American Civil War. Dowling was born in the townland of Knockballyvishteal, Milltown, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland in January 1837, the second of eight children, born to tenant farmer Patrick and Bridget Dowling (née Qualter). Following eviction of his family from their home in 1845, the first year of the Great

neg: Alexander Gilmer shipbuilding business with his cousin George C. Gilmer. The two would shortly after enter the mercantile business and continue until the Civil War. Alexander participated in the war as a Confederate blockade runner in The Battle of Sabine Pass. <br> In 1866, Gilmer founded his first sawmill. He would eventually own sawmills and lumberyards in as many as ten communities. One of these, named Remlig (Gilmer spelled backwards) would become one of the largest businesses in Jasper County. Gilmer had a series of economic setbacks. He lost his sawmill at Orange four times due to fire, after which he re-built

neg: Sabine Günther Sabine Günther Sabine Günther ("née" Rieger; born 6 November 1963 in Jena) is a retired East German sprinter who competed mainly in the 200 metres. She won the 200 metres gold medal at the 1981 European Junior Championships. At the 1982 European Championships she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres and a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with teammates Gesine Walther, Bärbel Wöckel and Marlies Göhr. The team finished in 42.19 seconds with Günther running the third leg. The relay team of Sabine Günther, Silke Gladisch, Marlies Göhr und Ingrid Auerswald set a

neg: Sabine Bank Light the tower was preserved and is now on display in a park in Sabine Pass. The lens is now on display at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur. The skeleton tower light remains in service, standing on the old caisson foundation. Sabine Bank Light The Sabine Bank Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Gulf of Mexico south of the mouth of the Sabine River. It is still active, though the original tower has been replaced with an automated beacon on a skeleton tower. Sabine Bank cuts across the channel leading into the river and thence up

neg: Sabine Bischoff retiring from competitions. She died after a long, chronic disease. Her brother Stefan also competed in foil, but at a national level. Sabine Bischoff Sabine Bischoff (21 May 1958 – 6 March 2013) was a German fencer. Sabine Bischoff fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. She won a gold medal in the team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which was the first German Olympic gold medal in this event. Between 1979 and 1986 Bischoff won six medals at world championships in the same team foil event, including a gold in 1985; she lost the individual foil final in 1985 to

neg: Sabine Bischoff Sabine Bischoff Sabine Bischoff (21 May 1958 – 6 March 2013) was a German fencer. Sabine Bischoff fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. She won a gold medal in the team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which was the first German Olympic gold medal in this event. Between 1979 and 1986 Bischoff won six medals at world championships in the same team foil event, including a gold in 1985; she lost the individual foil final in 1985 to her team mate Cornelia Hanisch. Bischoff had degrees in psychology, history and social sciences, and worked as a high school teacher after

neg: Second Battle of Sabine Pass transports in the seven-ship squadron headed by "Suffolk", plus an artillery company somewhere among them. The first wave of 500 men aboard "Granite City" which steamed as close behind "Clifton" as possible but out of range of the fort's guns, were to land in the open space adjacent to and downstream of the fort. This was a flat, often muddy area already cleared of brush by the Confederate garrison as a clear field of fire for the canister and grape of the fort's artillery. The U.S. Army's invasion plan, therefore, absolutely required that the Confederate guns be silenced before any

neg: Richard W. Dowling Richard W. Dowling Richard William "Dick" Dowling (baptised 14 January 1837 – September 23, 1867) was the victorious confederate commander at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass in the American Civil War. Dowling was born in the townland of Knockballyvishteal, Milltown, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland in January 1837, the second of eight children, born to tenant farmer Patrick and Bridget Dowling (née Qualter). Following eviction of his family from their home in 1845, the first year of the Great Famine, nine-year-old Dowling left Ireland with his older sister Honora, bound for New Orleans in the United States in 1846.

neg: Richard W. Dowling Tuam, is also named in Dowling's honor by recognizing his place of birth in Ireland. There are similarly named streets in towns and cities across east Texas, notably Port Arthur and Beaumont, as well as memorials to Dowling and the Davis Guards, not least at Sabine Pass, where the battleground is now preserved as a state park where the battle is re-enacted every September. In 1998, the town of Tuam also placed a bronze memorial plaque of Dowling on its Town Hall facade bearing his image and explaining his feats. This is the first known memorial to an Irish-born Confederate

neg: Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana the Sabine Parish School Board. The village of Pleasant Hill is zoned to Pleasant Hill High School (Grades PK-12). Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Pleasant Hill is a village in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 1,232. It is best known as the site of The Battle of Pleasant Hill, fought in April 1864. Pleasant Hill was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River. Every April, a reenactment of the battle is held. It is one of the few reenactments staged at the actual battlefield

neg: Richard W. Dowling and G on the other. Because of the official recognition given to the action, it is now accepted that these Davis Guard Medals are the only medals of honor issued by the Confederate government, and consequently are collector's items today. After the battle of Sabine Pass Dowling was elevated to hero status in his hometown of Houston. He subsequently served as a recruiter for the Confederacy and was personally commended for his action at the battle by Jefferson Davis. After the war Dowling returned to his saloon business in Houston and quickly became one of the city's leading businessmen. Dowling's

neg: 2009 Serena Williams tennis season Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, and Gisela Dulko and Ágnes Szávay. However, their resistance was placed in halt as they lost in the third round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova; after winning the first set, they eventually lost in a tie-break in the final set. Williams entered Wimbledon Championships as the second seed and favorite. Once again, Williams paired with her sister Venus Williams in doubles as the fourth seeds. In the first round, they faced the French team of Virginie Razzano and Aravane Rezaï and won in three in both sets. They then cruised pass Sabine Lisicki and

neg: Sabine Sicaud last year of her life, she expressed her suffering in poems unforgettable in their poignancy and depth of vision. These poems were published for the first time thirty years after her death, under the title "Les Poèmes de Sabine Sicaud". Sabine Sicaud Sabine Sicaud (23 February 1913 – 12 July 1928) was a French poet. She was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, a city in southwestern France. When she was eleven, she won her first poetry prize at the "Jasmin d'Argent", an annual literary contest held in Agen. At thirteen, she published her "Poèmes d'Enfant" (Childhood Poems), prefaced by the celebrated poet

neg: Second Battle of Sabine Pass Confederates had no casualties. In recognition of the victory, the Confederate Congress passed a resolution of special thanks the officers and men of the Davis Guard. In addition, Houston residents raised funds to provide medals to the Guard; these were made from silver Mexican pesos by smoothing off the coins, then hand-stamping and hand-engraving on one side, the battle name and date and on the other side the initials "D G" and a maltese cross. The medals were hung on green ribbons, and presented to the members of the Davis Guard. The official Confederate silver metals were presented in a

neg: Battle of the Lacus Curtius uniting the two kingdoms transferring administrative power to Rome. Citizens of Rome became known as Quirites after the town Cures. The Lacus Curtius was named after Sabine leader Mettius Curtius. Battle of the Lacus Curtius In Roman mythology, the Battle of the Lacus Curtius was the final battle in the war between the Roman Kingdom and the Sabines following Rome's mass abduction of Sabine women to take as brides. It took place during the reign of Romulus, near the Lacus Curtius, future site of the Roman Forum. It concluded when the abducted Sabine women intervened and the two sides sued

neg: USS Arizona (1858) for repairs. During this work, Acting Master Howard Tibbito relieved Upton in command of the side-wheeler. On 4 September, "Arizona" departed New Orleans and proceeded to Southwest Pass to embark 180 sharpshooters to be distributed among , , and herself in a forthcoming attack on Sabine Pass, Texas. She next proceeded to Atchafalaya Bay where she met her consorts and a group of Army transports, distributed her sharpshooters, and continued on to Sabine Pass. On the morning of 8 September, the combined force crossed the bar and then split, with "Sachem" and "Arizona" advancing up the Louisiana (right) channel, and

neg: David Sabine David Sabine David John Sabine (born 6 June 1966) is a New Zealand born former English cricketer. Sabine was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Papakura, New Zealand. Sabine made a single first-class appearance for Kent against the touring West Indians at the St Lawrence Ground in 1988. In this match, he bowled 10 wicketless overs in the West Indians first-innings total of 275, conceding 29 runs. In Kent's first-innings response of just 81, Sabine was dismissed for 7 runs by Winston Benjamin. Following-on, Kent made 151 in their second-innings, with Sabine scoring just

neg: Sabine Günther Günther is 1.70 metres tall; during her active career she weighed 60 kg. Sabine Günther Sabine Günther ("née" Rieger; born 6 November 1963 in Jena) is a retired East German sprinter who competed mainly in the 200 metres. She won the 200 metres gold medal at the 1981 European Junior Championships. At the 1982 European Championships she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres and a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with teammates Gesine Walther, Bärbel Wöckel and Marlies Göhr. The team finished in 42.19 seconds with Günther running the third leg. The relay

neg: Monica Niculescu Istanbul, where she won to then junior Sabine Lisicki but could not pass the 3rd qualification round. In 2007, she continued to play many ITF tournaments, and she also played in qualifications in all four Grand Slams and three other WTA tournaments, but only in Dubai she reached the main draw. Still, winning several ITF tournaments and gathering many small points, she finished the year 2007 in Top 200. In 2008, she reached the quarterfinals in Tashkent, and in all four Grand Slams she reached the first round, with round 2 reached in Wimbledon. Gathering points constantly on WTA Tour,