Details for Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A.
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5061000275
Data
| Marker Number | 275 |
| Atlas Number | 5061000275 |
| Marker Title | Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A. |
| Index Entry | Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A. |
| Address | 1501 W University Blvd. |
| City | Brownsville |
| County | Cameron |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 650665 |
| UTM Northing | 2865381 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns; Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Xeriscape Park, corner of W. University Blvd. and International Blvd. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | 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. |