The Battle of Palmito Ranch took place from May 12th to the 13th in 1865 as a campaign of expedition from Brazos Santiago, Texas, and is the last land battle of the Civil War.
It is also sometimes referred to as the Battle of “Palmito Hill,” as Palmito Hill was the most dominant feature in the flat surrounding terrain, and also “Palmetto Ranch,” with Palmito being the Spanish term (Ginn & McWhorter, 2018).
