Fort Ringgold, C.S.A.
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PeterNoG
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This Texas Historical Marker is on Lee Circle at Ringgold Avenue, 180 feet south of US Hwy 83 in the former Fort Ringold in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJZ2W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2014
Views: 7
Marker Title: Fort Ringgold, C.S.A.
Address: US 83 at Fort Ringgold grounds
City: Rio Grande City
County: Starr
Subject Codes: hospitals; forts; Civil War; military topics
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: At Fort main entrance on school grounds, Rio Grande City.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 2013
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)
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