Benavides, Santos, 1823-1891

found: Handbook of Texas online website, April 5, 2012,(Santos Benavides 1823-1891 the hightest ranking Mexican American to serve the Confederacy)

found: Tejano Tiger, 2017:ECIP title page (Tejano Tiger: José de los Santos Benavides) ECIP Chapter 1 (Santos Benavides; on November 1, 1823, José de los Santos as he was christened, came into the restless Laredo world ... a boy named José de los Santos Benavides; Santos [died] in 1891)

found: 36th Annual Texas State Hispanic Genealogical and Historical Conference, program online, viewed Sept. 24, 2016(Dr. Jerry Thompson. Tejano Tiger on the Border: Col. Santos Benavides and the Defense of Laredo during the Civil War)

found: Sullivan, Roy. Civil War in Texas and the Southwest, viewed in Google Books, Sept. 24, 2016:page 146-147 ( Colonel De Los Santos Benavides; Santos Benavides promoted to colonel; Colonel Benavides)

found: Handbook of Texas online, viewed Sept. 24, 2016(BENAVIDES, SANTOS (1823-1891). Commissioned a captain in the Thirty-third Texas Cavalry (or Benavides' Regiment) and assigned to the Rio Grande Military District, Benavides quickly won accolades as a fighter. In November 1863 Benavides was promoted to colonel and authorized to raise his own regiment of "Partisan Rangers." His greatest military triumph was his defense of Laredo on March 19, 1864. During Reconstruction he continued his mercantile and ranching activities with his brother Cristóbal Benavides and remained active in politics. Benavides died at his home in Laredo on November 9, 1891)