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The Texan Archive War Of 1842
Front cover of an article reprinted from an issue of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Date:
1960
Creator:
Winfrey, Dorman H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Civil War sword
This sword said to have been broken during the Civil War at the surrender of the Texas Armory at Tyler by Robert Baker, Officer-in-Charge
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Libby Prison During the War.
Poster depicting a large, red-brick building and ranks of soldiers in the background and white tents in the foreground. Text under the image reads, "Compliments of J. Thompson Brown & Co., Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers, 113 Main St., Richmond, Va."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for the opera "Merry War"
Advertisement for "Merry War" by Chas. E. Ford's Comic Opera Company at "Millett's Opera House, Dec. 11th & 12th" in Austin, Texas
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope for the Teutonic War Relief Committee]
Papers of Alexander Simon. Envelope for the Teutonic War Relief Committee
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"To Arms! To Arms! Volunteers for the Mexican War!"
Broadside recruiting soldiers for the Mexican War, asking for 12-month volunteers.
Date:
December 5, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"A correct map of the seat of war in Mexico"
Hand-colored lithographed pocket map of Mexico showing roads, towns, geography, insets of distances, heights, ports, and memorandum of battles
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"The United States War Steamer San Jacinto"
Hand-colored engraving of ship from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Panorama of the Seat of War: Birds Eye View of Texas and Part of Mexico"
Full color lithograph from a bird's eye-view of the Texas coast with parts of Mexico and Louisiana showing; includes settlements, roads, and topography
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Map of the seat of War embracing the Country from New Orleans to the City of Mexico."
Hand-colored map of the Gulf of Mexico showing American camp near Matamoros
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Perrine's New Topographical War Map of the Southern States with a Chronology of the Great Rebellion"
Hand-colored outline map of the Southern United States.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Perrine's New Topographical War Map of the Southern States with a Chronology of the Great Rebellion"
Hand-colored outline map of the Southern United States.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of the Regulators and Moderators and the Shelby County War in 1841 and 1842, in the Republic of Texas
Front cover of a history about politics in the Republic of Texas.
Date:
1883
Creator:
Middleton, John W.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Messrs. Butler and Lewis relative to the Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies
Descriptions of Texas Indians of the Republic period; mention of captive Parker children
Date:
February 8, 1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washington-on-the-Brazos Texas, in the times of Jim Johnson, now free, then a slave who lived there before the War
Hand-drawn map in black ink showing roads, structures, and names of residents; only known map of Washington-on-the-Brazos in the 19th century
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Brownsville, Texas, Occupied by the Army under General Banks, November 1863", in Frank Leslie's, "The Soldier In Our Civil War" (1893)
Engraved print of supplies stacked on wharf at Brownsville, Texas
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Reports from the Secretaries of State and War, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant."
U.S. House, 24th Congress, 1st session, H.R. Doc. #56, May 14, 1836; correspondence with the government of Mexico
Date:
May 14, 1836
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, Report on reexamination of Brazos River, Tex., from Old Washington to Waco"
Report to the 66th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. Doc. No. 298
Date:
November 14, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[List of Officers Who Have Resigned]
First page of a list of officers whose resignations were accepted by the President as of January 1865.
Date:
January 18, 1865
Creator:
United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"General return of the Army in Mexico, under the command and orders of Major General Z. Taylor"
Government document issued by the Adjutant General's office recording the various positions held within the Army
Date:
November 30, 1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]
Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.
Date:
March 4, 1865
Creator:
Simmons, G. W.
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]
Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863. The crew was initially incarcerated at Camp Groce near Hempstead, but the prisoners were all moved to Camp Ford in December 1863. Simmons was in the Prisoner exchange that occurred at Red River Landing on February 25, 1865. The lithograph made from his sketch was published in New York on March 4, 1865, only a week after his exchange.
Date:
March 4, 1865
Creator:
Simmons, G. W.
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Map of the Country between the frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico embracing the section explored in 1849, 50, 51, & 52 by Capt. R.B. Marcy 5th U.S. Infy. under orders from the War Department"
Marcy's map of the Upper Red River.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Map of Genl. Worth's operations on the 20th of Augt. 1847"
Detailed sketch of American operations near Churubusco, Mexico
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History