Ford, John Salmon (Nombre personal)

His Rip Ford's Texas, c1987.

Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1815; d. 1897)

Palmito Ranch, 2018: ECIP Chapter 1 (Gen. John S. "Rip" Ford)

OCLC, viewed Dec. 4, 2017 (AAP: Ford, John Salmon, Ford, John S. ; usage: John Salmon Ford, John S. Ford)

Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 4, 2017 (John Salmon Ford (born May 26, 1815 in Greenville District, South Carolina ; died November 3, 1897 in Texas), better known as "Rip" Ford, was a member of the Republic of Texas Congress and later of the State Senate, and mayor of Brownsville, Texas. He was also a Texas Ranger, a Confederate colonel, doctor, lawyer, and a journalist and newspaper owner. Ford commanded men during the Antelope Hills Expedition and he later commanded the Confederate forces in the last engagement of the American Civil War, the Battle of Palmito Ranch on May 12 and 13 of 1865. It was a Confederate victory, but as it occurred more than a month after Robert E. Lee's surrender it had no effect on the outcome of the war. He served Army of the Republic of Texas, Confederate States Army, Texas Rangers)