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 Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A. Posted by:  JimmyEv
N 25° 53.950 W 097° 29.754
14R E 650665 N 2865381
With the Federal blockade on Southern ports, the port of Bagdad in Mexico became an important outlet for Southern cotton.
Waymark Code: WM2J6C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2007
Views: 30
Marker Number: 275
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.
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