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| Battle of Rio Grande City | |||||||
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| Part of the Cortina War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Cortinistas |
 United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Juan Cortina |
Samuel P. Heintzelman John Salmon Ford | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 590 men | 348 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 60 - 200 killed | |||||||
The Battle of Rio Grande City was a military engagement between pro-Mexican Cortinistas and a group of US Army regulars supported by Texas Rangers.