Battle of Rio Grande City
| Battle of Rio Grande City | |||||||
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| Part of the Cortina War | |||||||
Texas Historical Marker in Rio Grande City | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Cortinistas | United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Juan Cortina |
Samuel P. Heintzelman (Fort Brown) Captain Stoneman (2nd Cavalry) Major John Salmon Ford (Texas Rangers) Captain Tobin (Texas Rangers) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| About 700 men: 275 | 348 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200 killed: 275 | |||||||
The Battle of Rio Grande City was a military engagement during the Cortina War between pro-Mexican Cortinistas and a group of US Army regulars supported by Texas Rangers.