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F i into Massacre Site, Merizo County, Guam. Detail of USGS map showing the National Register boundaries, able limits were used to define the boundaries of the National Register property. Verbal boundary descrip- tion: Boundary lines are as indicated on the accompanying USGS map. Boundary justification: The bound- ary of one -half acre is set to protect the integrity and the setting of the massacre site. Palmito Ranch Battlefield, Cameron County, Texas, is the site of the final land engagement of the Civil War. Concentrated military action occurred here on May 12- 13,1865, more than a month after Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court- house, Virginia. The battle, a series of sharp skirmishes, took place across an approximately five -mile area halfway between Brownsville and Brazos Island. Federal troops initially pressed the Confederates as far west as Tulosa Ranch before Confederate reinforcements under the command of Col. John S. (Rip) Ford arrived and drove the Union army back to their base at Brazos Island. The battlefield lies on a windswept plain at the southernmost tip of Texas on sparse land characterized by marsh and chaparral with a few scattered hil- locks. The land's virtually unchanged physical features still convey the battlefield's appearance during the Civil War. National Register bound- anes were organized according to natural topographic features, cultural features, archeological evidence, and reasonable limits based on historical research. Verbal boundary descrip- tion: Refer to the accompanying USGS map for a precise depiction of the boundaries of Palmito Ranch Battlefield. The battlefield is bordered on the north by the Boca Chica Pafmilo Ranch Battlefield, Cameron County, Texas. Map showing the National Register boundaries. 37 75B -489