Battle of Laredo

Battle of Laredo

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Alfred F. Holt

Units involved

Strength

200

Casualties and losses

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]

External links

^ 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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Business

Tertiary	Laredo College Texas A&M International University UT Health Science Center Laredo Campus
K-12	Laredo ISD Dr. Leonides G. Cigarroa HS Joseph W. Nixon HS Raymond & Tirza Martin HS Dr. Dennis D. Cantu Health Science Magnet Vidal M. Treviño Sch of Communications and Fine Arts Lara FS Academy United ISD John B. Alexander HS Lyndon B. Johnson HS United HS United South HS

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International bridges	Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Colombia – Solidarity International Bridge
Highways	I-35 I-35 Bus. I-69W Proposed I-2 US 59 US 83 SH 255 SH 359 Loop 20 Spur 260 Spur 400 FM 1472 FM 3338
Transit	El Metro Transit El Aguila
Airport	Laredo International Airport

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v t e Texas in the American Civil War
Origins	History of slavery in Texas
1861	Ordinance of Secession
1862	Marshall Conferences Nueces Massacre Battle of Corpus Christi First Battle of Sabine Pass Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862) Great Hanging at Gainesville
1863	Battle of Galveston Second Battle of Sabine Pass Battle of Brownsville Battle of Mustang Island Battle of Fort Esperanza
1864	Battle of Laredo
1865	Battle of Dove Creek Battle of Palmito Ranch
Units	Confederate Union
Aftermath	Juneteenth Texas v. White Andrew Hamilton
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