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Black plaque № 14235

Casa Blanca, TX, United States

Black plaque № 14235

Deaf Smith. 500 yards northeast site of the battlefied where Erastus (Deaf) Smith, Captain of scouts of the Republic of Texas, and 21 Texans on March 17, 1837, had an encounter with a superior force of Mexican cavalry from the Laredo Garrison. Two of Smith's men were wounded, ten Mexicans killend an

d ten wounded. As there was a considerable Mexican force at Laredo the Texans returned to San Antonio. #1194

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