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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Corpus Christi, Texas. Corpus Christi is the county seat of Nueces County and means Body of Christ in Latin. Official Website Karankawans inhabited the Corpus Christi region in pre-Columbian times. Spaniard Alonso Alvarez de Pineda traveled in 1519 to this bay on the day of the religious “Feast of Corpus Christi,” thus naming the ...
The Battle of Corpus Christi was fought between August 12 and August 18, 1862, during the American Civil War . United States Navy forces blockading Texas fought a small land and sea engagement with Confederate forces in and around Corpus Christi Bay and bombarded Corpus Christi . Union forces defeated Confederate States Navy ships operating in the area but were repulsed when they landed on the ...
Coastal Bend Veterans Cemetery is located in Corpus Christi, Texas. Find a Grave