Battle of Navidad - Navidad, CA
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saopaulo1
N 36° 46.394 W 121° 36.211
10S E 624625 N 4070625
A plaque about the Battle of Natividad.
Waymark Code: WM14AVG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2021
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"Combined American forces under Captains Charles D. Burrass (or Burroughs) and Bluford K. Thompson clashed with Comandante Manuel de Jesús Castro's Californians in this vicinity on November 16, 1846. Casualties on each side consisted of several men killed and wounded. The Americans saved a large herd of horses for Lt. Col. John C. Frémont, who then later proceeded south to participate in the Armistice at Cahuenga in January 1847."
Name of Battle:
Battle of Nativdad
Name of War: Mexican American War
Entrance Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 11/16/1864
Date of Battle (End): 01/01/1847
Parking: Not Listed
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