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Battle of Laredo
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Date 18 March 1864 Location Laredo, Texas Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
CSA (Confederacy)	United States (Union)
Commanders and leaders
Santos Benavides	Alfred F. Holt
Units involved
	1st Texas Cavalry Regiment
Strength
42	200
Casualties and losses
0	2 killed

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. 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.

External links

• Report of Colonel Santos Benavides, Texas Cavalry

References

1. 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
2. Handbook of Texas Online; Colonel Santos Benavides (accessed November 25, 2008)
3. Webb County Heritage Foundation; War on the Rio Grande Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine

v t e City of Laredo
Nicknames: Gateway City , City Under Seven Flags
Attractions	Republic of the Rio Grande Museum Laredo Water Museum Imaginarium of South Texas Washington's Birthday Celebration Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center Sames Auto Arena
Sports	Uni-Trade Stadium PEG Energy Stadium Veterans Field Student Activity Complex Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex Laredo Heat Laredo Lemurs(defunct)
Business	Falcon International Bank International Bank of Commerce Laredo National Bank(defunct) Mall del Norte The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo Taco Palenque
History	Timeline Cathedral of San Agustin Don Tomás Sánchez Colonel Santos Benavides Battle of Laredo Fort McIntosh Laredo Air Force Base Republic of the Rio Grande San Agustin de Laredo Historic District Flag of Laredo, Texas Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande
Geography	Chacon Creek Lake Casa Blanca Rio Grande San Ildefonso Creek San Ygnacio Creek Santa Isabel Creek Sombrerillito Creek Zacate Creek
Education	Tertiary Laredo College Texas A&M International University The University of Texas Education and Research Center at Laredo 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
Mass media	Newspapers English Laredo Morning Times LareDOS(defunct) Zapata Times Spanish El Diario de Nuevo Laredo El Mañana Primera Hora Última Hora Television XHLNA Azteca Uno–HD 1.1 XHLNA-TDT2 ADN 1.2 XHLAR Las Estrellas–HD 2.1 XHCTNL Imagen TV–HD 3.1 XHCTNL Excelsiór TV 3.4 XHBR Las Estrellas–HD 4.1 XHBR Canal 5 5.1 XHNAT Multimedios–HD 6.1 XHNAT-TDT2 Milenio TV 6.2 XHNAT-TDT3 Teleritmo 6.3 XHNAT-TDT4 MVS 6.4 XHLAT Azteca 7–HD 7.1 XHLAT a+ 7.2 KGNS NBC–HD 8.1 KGNS-DT2 ABC–HD 8.2 KGNS-DT3 Telemundo–HD 8.3 KGNS-DT5 TCN 8.5 KXNU-LD Telemundo–HD 10.1 KYLX CBS–HD 13.1 KYLX-LD2 CW 13.2 KLMV MeTV 15.1 KLMV-LD2 Estrella TVs 15.2 KLMV-LD3 Movies! 15.3 KLMV-LD4 JTV 15.4 XEFE Televisa local 17.1 KLDO Univision–HD 27.1 KLDO-DT2 LATV 27.2 KLDO-DT3 TBD 27.3 KLDO-DT4 Stadium 27.4 KLDO-DT5 Court TV 27.5 KXOF-CD Fox–HD 31.1 KXOF-CD2 Grit 31.2 KXOF-CD3 Laff 31.3 KETF-CD UniMás–HD 39.1 KETF-CD2 Comet 39.2 KETF-CD3 Charge! 39.3 KETF-CD4 Azteca America–HD 39.4 Radio AM 790 XEFE 890 KVOZ 960 XEK 1000 XENLT 1090 XEWL 1300 KLAR 1340 XEBK 1370 XEGNK 1410 XEAS 1490 KLNT 1550 XENU FM 88.1 KHOY 88.9 XHLDO 89.9 KBNL 91.3 XHNOE 92.7 KJBZ 94.1 XHTLN 94.9 KQUR 95.7 XHBK 97.1 XHNLO 98.1 KRRG 99.3 XHNK 101.5 XHAS 102.3 XHMW 103.3 XHAHU 104.9 XHNLR 106.1 KNEX 106.5 La Tremenda 107.3 XHGTS
Transportation	International bridges Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge Highways I-35 I-35 Bus. I-69W Proposed I-2 Proposed I-27 US 59 Bus. US 59-Z US 83 SH 255 SH 359 Loop 20 Spur 260 Spur 400 FM 1472 FM 3338 San Isidro Parkway Transit El Metro Transit El Aguila Airport Laredo International Airport
Neighborhoods	El Barrio Azteca Downtown Nye San Agustin de Laredo Historic District
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