This document provides a reading passage and questions about Texas and the Civil War. It includes a list of 10 people involved in the war and their descriptions, and asks the student to match each person to their role. It also asks the student to explain why the Confederacy wanted to seize the Southwest region after reading the passage. The summary is complete in 3 sentences.

1. Name Class Date
CHAPTER 18 Guided Reading Strategies 18.3
Texas and the Civil War
READING THE SECTION As you read the section, match the person in the right column
with the correct description in the left column.
______ 1. This colonel led Texas forces into New Mexico a. John B. Magruder
Territory and claimed the area.
b. Nathaniel Banks
______ 2. This general took three Texas regiments to
seize the Southwest for the Confederacy. c. Santos Benavides
______ 3. This Confederate general made plans to d. Tom Green
recapture Galveston.
e. Sarah “Sally” Scull
______ 4. This colonel boarded the Neptune and the
f. John R. Baylor
Bayou City to attack Union ships.
g. William B. Franklin
______ 5. This Union general planned to invade Texas
through Sabine Pass. h. Edmund J. Davis
______ 6. This Confederate lieutenant and the Davis i. Henry H. Sibley
Guards protected Sabine Pass.
j. Richard Dowling
______ 7. This Union general commanded forces that
captured Brazos Island.
______ 8. This Texan led wagon trains loaded with
cotton across the border to Matamoros.
______ 9. This Union colonel captured Rio Grande City.
______10. This colonel was the highest-ranking Mexican
American to serve in the Confederate army.
POST-READING QUICK CHECK After you have finished reading the section, in the
space provided, explain why the Confederacy wanted to seize the Southwest—from
New Mexico to California.
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