Hispanics in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were "Hispanic Americans" — in other word
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Santos Benavides was a Mexican-American Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Benavides was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier in the Confederate military.
Hispanics in the American Civil War
…this battle was that the Confederates were always short on supplies in the Indian Territory forcing the Texas Cavalry to abandon the territory. Colonel Santos Benavides (1823–1891) – Benavides commanded the 33rd Texas Cavalry Regiment. He was the highest ranking Tejano in the Confederate Army. On March 19, 1864, he…
Copy of Santos Benavides photograph in the Republic of the Rio Grande Capitol Building Museum in Laredo
Entrance to Colonel Santos Benavides Elementary School in the Winfield subdivision of Laredo, Texas