Dallas History Timeline: The 1860s

1861 - Dallas voters vote 741-237 to secede from the Union.

1862 - Dallas is selected as one of eleven quartermaster and commisary posts in Texas for the Trans-Mississippi Army of the Confederacy.

1867 - Freedmen's Bureau is established in Dallas. Disciples of Christ (Christians) build the first church in Dalas.

1868 - William H. Gaston and A.C. Camp establish an "exchange office," the first banking institution in Dallas; after many mergers, and name changes, this bank becomes First National Bank (NCNB). Job Boat #1 navigates the Trinity River from Galveston to Dallas.

1870 - Population of Dallas is approximately 3,000.