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Palo Alto Battlefield

Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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Resaca de la Palma, therefore, with which is associated a victory of arms, is hallowed by the graves of those heroes, who now sleep peacefully under the sod that had been mute witness of their glorious deeds. From: Our Army on the Rio Grande: Being a Short Account of the Important Events.

You can find information about the burials here:

http://library.uta.edu/usmexicowar/item2.php?content_id=508

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http://www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/Newspapers/Niles/Nilesc1846AugOct.htm

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https://books.google.com/books?id=qCouAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=Resaca+de+la+Palma+wounded+forsyth&source=bl&ots=7qvkiW-29A&sig=oj0f_T8zGq06MezLSVYo6ysoyus&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW_-fU67rSAhXJz4MKHSCnCPIQ6AEIKjAD#v=onepage&q=Resaca%20de%20la%20Palma%20wounded%20forsyth&f=false

Page 15 list some of the dead.

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