sentences:  The Texas Marine Department was a branch of the Confederate States War Department that operated in Galveston during the American Civil War.It was not a component of the Texas Military Forces, nor did it operate under the Texas Military Department chain of command.It is similar to the United States Army Department of Texas
  
  In the aftermath of World War II, which saw 24 Nazi U-boats attack 70 ships in the Battle of the Gulf of Mexico, sinking 56 of them, the Adjutant General of Texas Major General Kearie Lee Berry reestablished Texas naval forces to "provide well-trained coastal and inland patrols."