Battle of Laredo

Когда

18 мар. 1864 г.

Вид

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Координаты

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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• American Civil War12 апр. 1861 г. · Гражданская война