1 1861 County votes 318-88 in favor of secession from the Union. 2  Victoria County sends 300 men to fight for the Confederate States Army. 3  1863 Confederate General John B. Magruder destroys the railroad from Port Lavaca to Victoria to keep it out of Union hands. 4  He also sinks trees and boats into the Guadalupe River.
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