Last - Northern Battle of the Mexican War - Santa Clara, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
N 37° 21.132 W 121° 58.428
10S E 590885 N 4134438
The plaque marks the spot of the last Northern battle of the Mexican War, the Battle of Santa Clara.
Waymark Code: WM54RA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member kJfishman
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The plaque reads:

BATTLE OF
SANTA CLARA
ON JANUARY 2, 1847, SOMEWHERE
HEREABOUTS WAS FOUGHT THE LAST
NORTHERN BATTLE OF THE MEXICAN WAR.
THE OFFICIAL CASUALTY REPORT: "DEAD:
NONE, WOUNDED: NONE, MISSING BUT ONE ON
THE AMERICAN SIDE AND HE CAME UP
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS STATING THAT HE
HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR HIS RAMROD
WHICH IN THE EXCITEMENT, HE HAD
FORGOTTEN TO DRAW FROM HIS GUN AND FIRED
AT THE ENEMY."
DEDICATED OCTOBER 14, 1978,

MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850
E CLAMPUS VITUS

"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"
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