Battle of Laredo
Part of theTrans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Date 18 March 1864 Location Laredo, Texas Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
CSA (Confederacy)	United States (Union)
Commanders and leaders
Santos Benavides	Alfred F. Holt
Units involved
33rd Texas Cavalry Regiment	1st Texas Cavalry Regiment
Strength
42	200
Casualties and losses
0	2 killed[1]

TheBattle of Laredo was fought during theAmerican Civil War.Laredo, Texas was a main route to export cotton toMexico on behalf of theConfederate States amid the Union blockade of ports along the Gulf of Mexico. On March 18, 1864, Major Alfred F. Holt led a Union force fromBrownsville, Texas, to destroy 5,000 bales of cotton stacked at theSan Agustín Plaza.Colonel Santos Benavides commanded 42Confederate soldiers and repelled three Union attacks atZacate Creek. Colonel Santos Benavides secured passage of the 5,000 cotton bales into Mexico.^[2][3]

• Report of Colonel Santos Benavides, Texas Cavalry

27°30′13″N99°29′43″W / 27.5035°N 99.4954°W /27.5035; -99.4954

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