{"id":33,"date":"2005-05-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2009-07-02T13:14:17","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T17:14:17","slug":"palmito-ranch-the-last-significant-land-battle-of-the-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/palmito-ranch-the-last-significant-land-battle-of-the-civil-war.html","title":{"rendered":"Palmito Ranch, the Last Significant Land Battle of the Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: red\">May 13, 1865<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"5\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Last-Battle-of-the-Civil-War\/Jeffrey-William-Hunt\/e\/9780292734616\/?itm=1&amp;afsrc=1&amp;lkid=J28330377&amp;pubid=K141710&amp;byo=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/clickserve.cc-dt.com\/link\/banner?lid=41000000028330377\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><span style=\"color: red\">On May 13, 1865 at a place called Palmito Ranch (also called Palmito Hill or Palmetto Ranch, and possibly other variations) near the Rio Grande River in Texas, there is a skirmish between Confederate and Union troops. 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