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Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail College of Liberal Arts

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  • Civil War Trail
    • Cameron County
      • Bagdad
      • Brazos Island
      • Brownsville during the Civil War
      • Clarksville
      • Fort Brown
      • Las Rucias
      • Neale House
      • Old City Cemetery
      • Palmito Ranch
      • Palo Alto Battlefield
      • Point Isabel
      • Rio Grande
      • Sheridan Bridge
      • Stillman House
    • Hidalgo County
      • City of Hidalgo (Original Edinburgh)
      • Havana
      • Jackson Ranch
      • La Bolsa Blend
      • McAllen Ranch
      • Museum of South Texas History
      • Peñitas Cemetery
      • Webber's Ranch
      • La Sal del Rey
    • Imperial Mexico
      • Benito Juarez
      • Matamoros
      • Mexico from 1846 to 1876
      • Mexico and the U.S. Civil War
      • Porfirio Díaz
      • The Franco-Austrian Invasion
    • Jim Wells County
      • Battle at Los Patricios
    • Kleberg County
      • King Ranch
    • Starr County
      • John Vale/Noah Cox House
      • Juan Cortina
      • Mifflin Kenedy Warehouse
      • Old Rio Grande Cemetery
      • Ramirez Hospital
      • Ringgold Barracks
      • Robert E. Lee House
      • Roma Historic District
    • Webb County
      • Col. Santos Benavides
      • Fort McIntosh
      • St. Augustine Plaza, Laredo
      • Zacate Creek
    • Zapata County
      • Confederate Retaliation at La Soledad
      • Confrontation at Carrizo
      • Massacre at El Clareño
      • Reconstruction Era in Zapata County
      • Second Battle of El Clareño and Hanging of Zapata County Judge
      • Skirmish at Redmond's Ranch
    • U.S. Colored Troops
    • Cortina and the First war
    • Cortina and the “Second Cortina War”
    • Juan Nepomuceno Cortina and the American Civil War
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      • Imperial Mexico
      • Kennedy County
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      • Webb County
      • Zapata County
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  • Traveling Trunk Item List and Contact Information for Training and Trunk Borrowing Options
    Traveling Trunk Item List and Contact Information for Training and Trunk Borrowing Options
  • War and Peace on the Rio Grande Valley
    War and Peace on the Rio Grande Valley

Inspire, Intrigue, Relate.

Did you know that the last land battle of the Civil War was fought along the Mexican border at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville, Texas? During the Civil War, the Rio Grande served as a significant point of contention forming one of the Confederacy’s claimed international borders; a source for both international recognition and trade. Of course, the Union contested both of these.

Discovery Trails Discovery Trails Significant location and sites across a five-county region along the Rio Grande (river) between Brownsville and Laredo with a few sites inland where...
Audio Tours Audio Tours Audio podcast that will explain the site's significant and share interesting details about the action that took place there. Audio tours begin with...
Join/Donate Join/Donate Your contribution will help ensure the creation and sustainability of the first Civil War Trail in the state of Texas which serves as a legacy to those...

Contact Us

RGV- Civil War Program
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Dr.
LAMR 1.103
Conference Room LAMR 1.104
Email: chaps@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3231

Quick Links

  • CHAPS
  • RGV Civil War “Cotton Times” Film
  • Discovery Trails
  • Sponsorship Opportunities
  • Blue and Gray on the Border: The Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail
  • The Civil War on the Rio Grande, 1846–1876

Who We Are Now

Drawing upon a broad coalition of interested parties, this community-based project seeks to design a virtual “tour” in the form of a map/guide/brochure and associated web page, pod casts, and QR codes that can provide a conceptual “walk” through the history of the Civil War in South Texas. The primary intent is to:

  • Enrich our knowledge
  • Identify the Civil War era in this region
  • Foster cultural awareness
  • Provide historical resources for the public
  • Add heritage tourism to the region.

"Cotton Times" (Documentary Film)

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