Battle of Laredo
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Battle of Laredo | |||||||
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Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
CSA (Confederacy) | United States (Union) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Santos Benavides | Alfred F. Holt | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
1st Texas Cavalry Regiment | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
42 | 200 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
0 | 2 killed [1] |
The Battle of Laredo was fought during the American Civil War. Laredo, Texas was a main route to export cotton to Mexico on behalf of the Confederate States. On March 18, 1864, Major Alfred F. Holt led a Union force from Brownsville, Texas, to destroy 5,000 bales of cotton stacked at the San Agustín Plaza. Colonel Santos Benavides commanded 42 Confederate soldiers and repelled three Union attacks at Zacate Creek. Colonel Santos Benavides secured passage of the 5,000 cotton bales into Mexico.[2][3]
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References
- ^ Roll of Honor reports of the 1st Texas Cavalry list Corporal Wilson Fensell and Private Peter Purcell of Company F died March 23, and March 24, 1864; both were buried in Brownsville Texas. see .pp.20-21
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online; Colonel Santos Benavides (accessed November 25, 2008)
- ^ Webb County Heritage Foundation; War on the Rio Grande Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
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