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 |