Details for The Battle of Resaca de la Palma

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5061000328

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Marker Number 328
Atlas Number 5061000328
Marker Title The Battle of Resaca de la Palma
Index Entry Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, The
Address 1024 Paredes Line Road
City Brownsville
County Cameron
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 651409
UTM Northing 2869669
Subject Codes Mexican War; military topics
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location south of entrance to Resaca de la Palma Battlefield park, Paredes Line Road, .2 mile north of Price Road
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite)
Marker Text Was fought here May 9, 1846 And the defeat of the Mexican Army under General Mariano Arista by the United States troops under General Zachary Taylor made good the claim of Texas to the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande Erected by the State of Texas
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