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Battle of Laredo
Part of American Civil War
Date 18 March 1864
Location Laredo, Texas
Result (Confederacy) victory
Belligerents
Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Union)
1st Texas Cavalry US
Commanders
Santos Benavides Alfred Holt
Strength
42 200
Casualties and losses
0 2 KIA/DOW[1]

lt led a union force of about 200 men 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]

References[]

  1. 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
  2. Handbook of Texas Online; Colonel Santos Benavides (accessed November 25, 2008)
  3. Webb County Heritage Foundation; War on the Rio Grande

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