Answer: Reconstruction. During the American Civil War, Texas had joined the Confederate States. The Confederacy was defeated, and U.S. Army soldiers arrived in Texas on June 19, 1865 to take possession of the state, restore order, and enforce the emancipation of slaves. The date is now commemorated as the holiday Juneteenth.
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Alexander Jackson Hamilton became provisional governor.
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In June 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson appointed Hamilton the governor of Texas
