Resaca de la Palma Battlefield
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The Resaca de la Palma Battlefield is the site in Brownsville, Texas, where American forces under General Zachary Taylor engaged Mexican forces under General Mariano Arista on May 9, 1846 in the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. A surviving undeveloped portion of the battlefield is now part of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[2]
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Resaca de la Palma Battlefield | |
Location | N edge of Brownsville on Parades Line Rd., Brownsville, Texas |
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Coordinates | 25°56′15″N 97°29′10″W |
Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 66000813[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Designated NHL | December 19, 1960[2] |
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