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when to remove this template message ) after july , , the union army withdrew most of the troops deployed to the lower rio grande valley , including brownsville, which they had occupied since november , . the confederates were determined to protect their remaining ports, which were essential for cotton
them from his enemy. [ ] louis j. schuler, in his pamphlet "the last battle in the war between the states, may , : confederate force of defeats federals near brownsville, texas", asserts that brig. gen. egbert b. brown of the u.s. volunteers had ordered the expedition to seize as contraband bales of cotton...
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