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Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A.

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Brownsville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 25° 53' 58.30569999996", -97° 29' 43.24239999996"
 
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    Civil War Sister Cities, across the river in neutral Mexico. Were linked to Texas by a ferry which landed here. Ferry hauled to Matamoros the Confederate cotton brought from East Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas to Brownsville. In Matamoros, many speculators and agents vied for cotton to ship to Europe, via Havana. They offered in exchange vital goods: guns, ammunition, drugs, shoes, cloth. At Bagdad, on the Gulf, cotton was loaded from small boats onto ships riding the Gulf of Mexico. Goods crossing here were the South's lifeblood.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A. Historical Marker Location Map, Brownsville, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
 
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