National Register of Historic Places
Palmito Ranch Battlefield
Palmito Ranch Battlefield is a historic place in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1993, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 93000266.
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Palmito Ranch Battlefield
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About this place
What is Palmito Ranch Battlefield?
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. The battle took place more than a month after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee to Union forces at Appomattox Court House, which had since been communicated to both commanders at Palmito. However, in early May Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith had rejected a proposal from Union Major-General John Pope to surrender Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department on the same terms that General Ulysses S. Grant had given to Robert E. Lee. As such Kirby Smith only officially surrendered all Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department on June 2, 1865.
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The record
Listing details
- Name
- Palmito Ranch Battlefield
- City
- Brownsville
- County
- Cameron County
- State
- Texas
- Listed on the National Register
- June 23, 1993
- NRIS reference number
- 93000266
- Resource type
- site
- National Historic Landmark
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 25.95298, -97.26573
When was Palmito Ranch Battlefield listed on the National Register?
Palmito Ranch Battlefield was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1993.
Where is Palmito Ranch Battlefield located?
Palmito Ranch Battlefield is located in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas at approximately 25.95298, -97.26573. See the map above.
Is Palmito Ranch Battlefield a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Palmito Ranch Battlefield is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.
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