Battle of Laredo

When

18 Mar 1864

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

27.50° N, 99.50° W

Description

battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the American Civil War

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 amid the Union blockade of ports along the Gulf of Mexico. 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.

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