Marker Inscription
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.
About this site
Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A. is a historical marker in Brownsville, Cameron County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 116 historical markers documented in Cameron County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 194 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 25.8991, -97.4958 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Brown (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Stillman, Charles, House, Stillman, Charles, Home of, and Gem, The.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5061000275. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
