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ttnto Massacre Site, Mertzo County, Guam. Detail of USGS map showing the <br />National Register boundaries. <br />able limits were used to define the <br />boundaries of the National Register <br />property. Verbal boundary descrip- <br />tion: Boundary lines are as indicated <br />on the accompanying USGS map. <br />Boundary justification: The bound- <br />ary of one -half acre is set to protect <br />the integrity and the setting of the <br />massacre site. <br />Palmito Ranch Battlefield, <br />Cameron County, Texas, is the site of <br />the final land engagement of the Civil <br />War. Concentrated military action <br />Conce <br />occurred here on May 12- 13,1865, <br />more than a month after Confederate <br />forces under General Robert E. Lee <br />surrendered at Appomattox Court- <br />house, Virginia. The battle, a series of <br />sharp skirmishes, took place across an <br />approximately five -mile area halfway <br />between Brownsville and Brazos <br />Island. Federal troops initially <br />pressed the Confederates as far we-3t <br />as Tulosa Ranch before Confederate <br />reinforcements under the command of <br />Col. John S. (Rip) Ford arrived and <br />drove the Union army back to their <br />base at Brazos Island. The battlefield <br />lies on a windswept plain at the <br />southernmost tip of Texas on sparse <br />land characterized by marsh and <br />chaparral with a few scattered hil- <br />locks. The land's virtually unchanged <br />physical features still convey the <br />battlefield's appearance during the <br />Civil War. National Register bound- <br />aries were organized according to <br />natural topographic features, cultural <br />features, archeological evidence, and <br />reasonable limits based on historical <br />research. Verbal boundary descrip- <br />tion: Refer to the accompanying <br />USGS map for a precise depiction of <br />the boundaries of Palmito Ranch <br />Battlefield. The battlefield is bordered <br />on the north by the Boca Chica <br />c <br />' i�l <br />A. , l <br />LNTED BTATEB eAAXaE a. <br />NEMCO <br />PALNITO RANCH BATTLEFIELD <br />- wb:m Awry cANERgx fa <br />T4°'LL PHOTO n**, rzzu <br />MAP KEY <br />t <br />p✓ � GfU6AaA1C FFAIVS9r <br />pie . Skein of Wale, <br />n ® una A..asa.bsut..n <br />le..anrr, baoor, rlel <br />bae k.eW lo' Elamllea aurora <br />X 100- -g W Lamar o N11M1 <br />SCALEE,l <br />u¢• I rn o �� National Register Boundwy <br />r¢r..aoo a awo mm cemera View <br />HIPLY•HEafNt%XIE bc,M 199: <br />r. ua.aa.r.a s..r <br />Palmito Ranch Battlefield, Cameron County, Texas. Map showing the National Register boundaries. <br />37 <br />