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Like the war's first big battle at First Bull Run, which also yielded little gain for either side, the battle is recorded as a Confederate victory.

Two weeks later, Texan forces surrendered formally on May 26, 1865 ; Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith surrendered his forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department on June 2.

Most senior Confederate commanders in Texas ( including Smith, Walker, Slaughter, and Ford ) and many troops and equipment fled across the border to Mexico, possibly to ally with Imperial French, or Mexican forces with Benito Juarez.