This Day in Texas History: Alleged Attack on Fort Ringgold Draws Machine-Gun Fire

November 20, 2014

This Day in Texas History: Alleged Attack on Fort Ringgold Draws Machine-Gun Fire November 20, 1899 On this date in 1899, U.S. troops fired on civilians at Rio Grande City, Texas. Black soldiers of Troop D of the Ninth United States Cavalry, sent to garrison nearby Fort Ringgold after returning triumphantly from the Cuban campaign,…
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