Resaca De La Palma Battlefield
- Resaca De La Palma Battlefield
Infobox_nrhp | name =Resaca de la Palma Battlefield
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location= Brownsville, Texas
lat_degrees = 25
lat_minutes = 56
lat_seconds = 15
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 97
long_minutes = 29
long_seconds = 10
long_direction = W
locmapin = Texas
area =
built =1846
architect=
architecture=
designated= December 19, 1960[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=621&ResourceType=Site |title=Resaca De La Palma Battlefield |accessdate=2008-06-25|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service] ]
added = October 15, 1966[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000813The 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. In the early stages of the Mexican-American War, and immediately following the the Battle of Palo Alto, Arista's forces were in retreat. Taylor's forces engaged Arista at this location, resulting a defeat for the Mexican forces.
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* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/RR/gkr2.html Resaca del la Palma Site] Handbook of Texas Online
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