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new mexico campaign general sibley took three regiments to seize the southwest from new mexico to california for the confederacy. This region held gold and silver and included ports on the Pacific Ocean.union troops forced sibley to retreat in the battle of pass union forces kept control of the southwest for the rest of the war.fighting at galveston island. In the summer of 1862 galveston fell under union control. General John commander of confederate forces made plans to recapture the city. john's men converted 2 steamboats to gunboats lining the sides with cotton belts for protection.These ships were known as cotton clads. After a land and sea battle union ships fled and troops were over run Galveston a key port was once again controlled by the federacy. The battle of sabine pass down.september 1863 union forces plan another invasion of texas through sabine pass to march through houston and recapture galveston.