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Battle at Los Patricios

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In early 1864, Col. John S. "Rip" Ford began preparations for recapturing South Texas from Union forces in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.  Advancing into a drought-stricken Nueces Strip, in the forefront of Ford's advance, was Capt. Matthew Nolan, sheriff of Nueces County.   On March 13, a Sunday, at 7:30 AM, at a dense mesquital named Los Patricios, four miles west of modern-day Premont, deep in the South Texas chaparral, Captain Nolan ran head on into a band of Union guerrillas led by Cecilio Valerio.  At the head of eighty men, Valerio fought the Confederates gallantry and was only repulsed after much blood and loss of property.  Fearful of being attacked by a larger force of Union guerrillas, Noland retreated to his camp on San Fernando Creek.    

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A principios de 1864, el coronel John S. "Rip" Ford comenzó los preparativos para recuperar el sur de Texas de manos de las fuerzas de la Unión en la parte inferior de el Valle del Río Grande. Avanzando hacia Nueces Strip, asolada por la sequía, al frente del avance de Ford, estaba el capitán Matthew Nolan, sheriff del condado de Nueces. El domingo 13 de marzo, a las 7:30 am, en un denso mezquital llamado Los Patricios, cuatro millas al oeste de la actual Premont, en lo profundo del chaparral del sur de Texas, el Capitán Nolan se topó de frente con una banda de guerrilleros de la Unión liderados por Cecilio Valerio. Al frente de ochenta hombres, Valerio luchó contrab los confederados y sólo fue expolsado después de mucha sangre y pérdida de propiedades. Temeroso de ser atacado por una fuerza mas grande de guerrilleros de la Unión, Nolan se retiró a su campamento en San Fernando Creek.

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Location: Premont, Texas along FM 716

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