| Battle of Brownsville, Texas | ||||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
 United States (Union) |
 Confederate States (Confederacy) |
 Mexican patriots | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
| Nathaniel P. Banks | Hamilton P. Bee | José Maria Cobos | ||||||
| Units involved | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||
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.[1] The Union assault precipitated the capture of Matamoros by a force of Mexican patriots, led by exiled officers living in Brownsville.[2]