Details for Fort Ringgold, C.S.A.
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5427002013
Data
| Marker Number | 2013 |
| Atlas Number | 5427002013 |
| Marker Title | Fort Ringgold, C.S.A. |
| Index Entry | Fort Ringgold, C.S.A. |
| Address | Lee Circle |
| City | Rio Grande City |
| County | Starr |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 518983 |
| UTM Northing | 2917497 |
| Subject Codes | hospitals; forts; Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Rio Grande City C.I.S.D. campus off US 83 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Occupied early in Civil War by Texas Confederates under Col. John S. Ford. Vital in chain of posts used to defend the 2,000 mile Texas frontier, coastline and border always threatened by attacks from Indians, bandits and Federal troops. Cols. Ford, August Buchel and Santos Benavides had troops here from time to time to scout the river, defend ranches and guard wagons trading cotton for war supplies in neutral Mexico. Taken in November 1863 by 1st Texas Union Cavalry. Retaken May 1864 by Ford and used as base to recapture Brownsville. (1964) |