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| Brownsville/Matamoros Photographer Louis de Planque |
The Battle of Palmito Hill, the so-called "last battle of the Civil War," was fought just east of Brownsville May 12 & 13, 1865, actually a full month after the war had ended with Robert E. Lee's surrender. (Such was the tediously slow communication in those days.)
That last battle, with a thousand troops involved, featured Hispanics fighting for the confederacy and Black troops representing the Union.
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My friend, Rene Torres, sent me these photos of photographer/artist La Planque and Sgt. Charles Poindexter, a Black soldier fighting for the Union.
Wow very interesting history
ReplyDeleteI remember about the many black troops at ft brown during civil war
ReplyDeleteLe planque… had never heard of him… Runyon was another local photographer… just like morales as well
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