Battle of Brownsville

The Battle of Brownsville took place on November 2–6, 1863 during the American Civil War. It was a successful effort on behalf of the Union Army to disrupt Confederate blockade runners along the Gulf Coast in Texas. The Union assault precipitated the capture of Matamoros by a force of Mexican patriots, led by exiled officers living in Brownsville.

Battle of Brownsville, Texas
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War
DateNovember 2 (1863-11-02)November 6, 1863 (1863-11-07)
Location
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union) Confederate States (Confederacy) Mexican patriots
Commanders and leaders
Nathaniel P. Banks Hamilton P. Bee José Maria Cobos
Units involved
3 brigades from XIII Corps
(6,000)
4 companies, 33rd Texas Cavalry (150)
2 companies of 3 month volunteers
local citizens
Casualties and losses
unknown 1 killed
1 wounded
1 company deserted
unknown
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