; . Support for the Confederacy was perhaps weakest in Texas; Elliott estimates that only a third of the white men in early 1861 supported the Confederacy Many unionists supported the Confederacy after the war began but many others clung to their unionism throughout the war especially in the northern counties the German districts and the Mexican areas Local officials harassed unionists and engaged in large-scale massacres against unionists and Germans in Cooke County 150 suspected unionists were arrested; 25 were lynched without trial and 40 more were hanged after a summary trial Draft resistance was widespread especially among Texans of German or Mexican descent; many of the latter went to Mexico Potential draftees went into hiding Confederate officials hunted them down and many were shot on August 1 1862 Confederate troops executed 34 pro-Union German Texans in the "Nueces Massacre" of civilians.
Other devastating Texas hurricanes include the 1915 Galveston hurricane Hurricane Audrey in 1957 which killed over 600 people Hurricane Carla in 1961 Hurricane Beulah in 1967 Hurricane Alicia in 1983 Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008 Tropical storms have also caused their share of damage: Allison in 1989 and again during 2001 and Claudette in 1979 among them. 4.3 Airports West University Place Bammel 4.1 Baseball Soviet civilians leaving destroyed houses after a German bombardment during the Battle of Leningrad 10 December 1942; . .
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