Hidden Heroes: No Quit ‘Rip’ Ford Kept the Yanks in check in Southern Texas

Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford made Texas his home for nearly 30 years. In May 1865, with the end of the war nearing, Union troops hoped they had seen the last of him. They weren’t so lucky, as they found out at Palmito Ranch, in what would be the Civil War’s final battle.

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