Texas and Louisiana. The fifth district was the largest.
Texas, from Brazos Santiago Harbor, (previously Port Matamoros), at the Mexican border, north to Louisiana. General Philip Sheridan served as its first military governor, until removed by U.S. President Andrew Johnson.
A Country and and State are synonymous terms that both apply to self-governing political entities. A nation is a group of people who share the same culture but do not have supremacy.