<P> The Battle of Palmito Ranch , also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill , is generally recognized as the final battle of the American Civil War . It was fought May 12 and 13 , 1865 , on the banks of the Rio Grande east of Brownsville , Texas and a few miles from the seaport of Los Brazos de Santiago , more than a month after Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in the Eastern Theater . Though the Battle of Appomattox Court House is identified as the last major battle of the war , Palmito Ranch was the last engagement between organized forces of the Union Army and Confederate States Army involving casualties . </P>
<P> The Battle of Palmito Ranch , also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill , is generally recognized as the final battle of the American Civil War . It was fought May 12 and 13 , 1865 , on the banks of the Rio Grande east of Brownsville , Texas and a few miles from the seaport of Los Brazos de Santiago , more than a month after Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in the Eastern Theater . Though the Battle of Appomattox Court House is identified as the last major battle of the war , Palmito Ranch was the last engagement between organized forces of the Union Army and Confederate States Army involving casualties . </P>
where was the last civil war battle fought
where was the last civil war battle fought
banks of the Rio Grande east of Brownsville , Texas and a few miles from the seaport of Los Brazos de Santiago
banks of the Rio Grande east of Brownsville , Texas and a few miles from the seaport of Los Brazos de Santiago