Mexicans in the U.S. Civil War 

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 Capt. Joseph De La Garza killed in
the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana.
Capt. Cristobal Benavides
33rd Texas Cavalry, C.S.A.

 
 
 
     Refugio Benavides, Atanacio Vidaurri, Cristobal Benavides and his brother-in
     -law John Leyendecker, C.S.A.
 
Col. Santos Benavides (1823-91)
Benavides' Regiment,
33rd Texas Cavalry, C.S.A.

 
 
USA Capt. Rafael Chacon, Co. K,
First Regt. New Mexico Volunteers
Lt. Col. Manuel Antonio Chaves
Second Regt. New Mexico Volunteers

Santos Benavides

Santos Benavides 1880 Federal Texas Census

Hispanos and the Civil War in New Mexico: A Reconsideration (New Mexico Historical Review, April 1979)