Military
The Battle of Resaca de la Palma was fought here on May 9, 1846, when United States troops under General Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican Army under General Mariano Arista, making good the claim of Texas to the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande.
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Brownsville, Texas · United States
