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The Battle of Palmito Ranch, also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill, is considered by some criteria the final battle of the American Civil War.It was fought May 12 and 13, 1865, on the banks of the Rio Grande east of Brownsville, Texas, and a few miles from the seaport of Los Brazos de Santiago, at the southern tip of Texas.
*Battle of Palmito Ranch (1865) John S. Ford as Texas Ranger , 1858 John Salmon Ford (May 26, 1815 – November 3, 1897), better known as "Rip" Ford , was a member of the Republic of Texas Congress and the Texas Senate .
Battle of Brownsville: 33rd Texas Cavalry, Texas Army: Hamilton P. Bee: 1 KIA, 1 WIA, 1 DIA Loss [67] 1863 Skirmish at La Sal Vieja 2nd Texas Cavalry, Texas Army: 0 Loss [68] 1864 Battle of Laredo: 33rd Texas Cavalry, Texas Army: Santos Benavides: 0 Victory [69] 1865 Battle of Palmito Ranch: 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army: John Salmon ...
[32] The Rio Grande Expedition, led by General Nathaniel P. Banks, was then sent forth to secure the ports near Brownsville and pushed 100 miles in-land, in order to impede the flow of cotton and deny freedom of movement. A few other cities also fell to Union troops at times during the war, including Port Lavaca, Indianola, and Brownsville.
The last battle of the war was fought at Palmito Ranch on May 12–13. The last large Confederate military department, the Trans-Mississippi Department, surrendered on May 26, completing the formalities on June 2. The last surrender on land did not come until June 23, when Cherokee Confederate General Stand Watie gave up his command.
John Jefferson Williams (1843 – May 13, 1865) was a Union soldier and private in Company B the 34th Regiment Indiana Infantry.He was killed at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, the last land battle of the American Civil War, and is generally recognized as the last soldier killed in the conflict.
The 34th Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed The Morton Rifles, was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.It had the distinction of fighting in the last land action of the war, the Battle of Palmito Ranch, Texas May 12–13, 1865, and also of suffering the last soldier killed during the war, Private John J. Williams.
1863 - November 2–6: Battle of Brownsville; Union wins. [4] 1865 May 12–13: Battle of Palmito Ranch fought near Brownsville; Confederates win. [4] Saint Joseph Academy established. [4] 1867 - Hurricane. [9] 1870 Point Isabel-Brownsville railway built. [6] Population: 4,905. 1874 - Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate of Brownsville ...