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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.57 (search)
Last battle of the war. [from the Dallas, Texas, news, December, 1896.] it was fought on the Rio Grande in Texas.
The last volley of the war said to have been fired by the Black boys in Blue.
In the November, 1896, issue of the Confederate Veteran, W. J. Slatter gives an interesting and well-written article on the battle of West Point, Ga., which occurred April 16, 1865, and which he says was really the last battle of the war between regularly organized forces.
With all due respect to the brave heroes of that battle, history does not bear the writer out in the fact that the West Point battle was the last battle of the war. The last battle of the war between regularly organized forces was fought in Texas May 13, 1865, and called the battle of Palmetto Ranch, near the city of Brownsville, Texas, on the Rio Grande.
This battle was fought between the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Army Corps, United States Troops, commanded by Colonel Theodore H. Barrett, of the 62d United States