How did the outbreak of the Civil War affect the Texas Rangers?

 More men were needed.  In Texas, state military leaders were concerned with protecting the frontier and trade.  To this end, they encouraged available men, including men considered too young, too old, or too disabled for Confederate service, to defend against specific Union attacks.  Other methods included using furloughed Confederate soldiers.

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- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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