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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 Laredo: 33rd Texas Cavalry, Texas Army: Santos Benavides: 0 Victory [69] 1865 Battle of Palmito Ranch: 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army: John Salmon Ford: 6 WIA, 3 POW Victory [70] 1874 Penascal Raid Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers: John “Red” Dunn 0 Victory [71] 1875 Nuecestown Raid: Texas Militia: John McClane / Pat ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city ... November 2–6: Battle of Brownsville; Union wins. [4] 1865 May 12–13: Battle of Palmito Ranch fought ...
The most notable military battle in Texas during the war happened on September 8, 1863. At the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small garrison of 46 Confederates from the mostly-Irish Davis Guards under Lt. Richard W. Dowling, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery, defeated a much larger Union force from New Orleans under Gen. William B. Franklin. Skilled ...
[1]: 349, 352, 365 His forces attacked U.S. soldiers a few miles above Palmito Ranch on September 9, 1864, forcing them to retreat to Brazos Island on September 12, 1864. [1]: 374 In May 1865, Ford led Confederate forces in the Battle of Palmito Ranch, by some criteria the last battle of the American Civil War.
The city played a primary role in the Mexican–American War with the siege of Fort Texas and the first engagements of the war: The Battle of Palo Alto and the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. Several key events of the American Civil War took place in the city, such as the Battle of Brownsville and the Battle of Palmito Ranch.
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.
Theodore Harvey Barrett (1834-1900) was an American Brevet Brigadier General who commanded the 1st Missouri Colored Infantry Regiment in the later years of the American Civil War and was known as the commander of the Battle of Palmito Ranch which was the final battle of the war.