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Black plaque № 42524

Port Lavaca, TX, United States

Battle of Norris Bridge. In November of 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the Union Army arrived in Calhoun County. Union and Texas troops rarely met on the field of Battle in Texas, as most of the war was concentrated in the east and south of the country. The union wanted to take Fort Esperanza

that was located on pass Cavallo, the entrance to Matagorda Bay. On the morning of December 26, 1863, the union army and Texas rangers met on the banks of Chocolate Bayou. The union army was trying to

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