The Last Confederate Battle

History records that the last battle of the Civil War was fought on the red clay soil of the Rio Grande River at Palmito Ranch, near Brownsville, Texas. That battle took place in mid-May 1865, more than a month following General Lee s surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. There are factual accounts of skirmishes that took place long after Lee s surrender. This fictional story details the lives and occurrences that led up to the Last Confederate Battle; a fight that took place several years after the battle at Palmito Ranch.