The Battle of [BLANK-1] Ranch was fought on May 12–13, 1865…
The Battle of Ranch was fought on May 12–13, 1865 near Brownsville, Texas, was the final land battle of the American Civil War—even occurring more than a month after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Despite the war’s official end, Union forces launched an attack on Confederate positions near the Rio Grande, only to be repelled by Confederate troops under Colonel John S. “Rip” Ford, resulting in a Confederate victory and marking Texas as the site of the war’s last military engagement.