Western territory of the present war [with] Northeastern states.

Map shows state boundaries, cities and towns, railroads, waterways, and notable physical features for central and eastern states; shows roads and railroads on inset. Includes portrait vignettes of "Heroes of successful expeditions" and "Generals of the Union army and their antagonists." Inset: "Topographical map of the country between Fortress Monroe & Richmond." Scale not given.
Date: 1861
Creator: Magnus, Charles
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

War Map of Mexico

Map shows cities and states in Mexico; overprinted in red with locations of opposing Mexican military factions, U.S. consulates, and U.S. military posts along U.S.-Mexico border and Texas Gulf coast. Includes Index to principal cities and legend. Inset: State of Mexico and surrounding country. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:6,209,280] and Scale [1:2,090,880].
Date: 1913
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mexican War Veterans]

Photograph of a group of Mexican War Veterans in 1903.
Date: unknown
Creator: Swartz, C.L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kraut Prisoners of War]

Photograph of prisoners of war captured by First Lieutenant John Grimbal. The prisoners march down a road with an Army truck following behind.
Date: December 17, 1944
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map to Illustrate War with Mexico

This sheet contains two principal maps and a series of ancillary maps. The left half of the page contains a "Map to Illustrate War With Mexico" which uses colors to shade the areas delineating Mexico, the United States, and the territory acquired from Mexico by the United States. U.S. states are also outlined and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There are two insets in the lower left corner titles "Vicinity of Matamoras" and "Route of Gen. Scott between Vera Cruz and Mexico." The right half of the page contains a "Map to Illustrate the War of 1812-1814" (top portion) as well as "Wars Against Indians 1790 and 1811" (centered within the bottom portion). There are also five ancillary maps around central map titled "Vicinity of Detroit," "Niagara River and Vicinity," "Vicinity of Plattsburg," "Southern Region of the War 1812-14." and "Vicinity of Baltimore" which seem to pertain to the top map of the War of 1812. Each of the maps is shaded in various colors to separate different regions and has cities, bodies of water, and geographic features marked. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The seat of war in the West Indies.

Map shows overview of coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean area; port towns of Portobelo, Havana, Veracruz, and Cartagena, illustrated profile of the approach to Havana harbor, the castle of San Juan de Ulúa, and Veracruz; roads, streets, buildings, and fortifications. Includes historical notes, legends, and one view, "A prospect of the Havana." Insets: [Map of] "A long sandy bay called St. John's Bay," [Map of the] "Bay of Honda or the deep bay in Cuba," "View of the town and its port by Capt. Pearson," and "View of the castle of San Juan de Ulúa from ye town by Capt. Pearson." Relief shown by hachures, pictorially and profile. Depths shown by soundings. No scale noted.
Date: 1762
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map to illustrate the Civil War.

Map shows state boundaries, military posts, major cities, and notable physical features. Inset: "North Eastern Virginia." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:9,216,000].
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Important battles of the Civil War.

Map shows locations of major battles and signficant towns in the areas extending from Missouri to Louisiana in the west to southern Pennsylvania along the east coast to northern Florida and including the Gulf Coast; detailed view of battle locations for Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania on inset. Inset: "The Battle Fields of Eastern Virginia, Maryland & Pennsylvania." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,540,000].
Date: 1894
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mexican War Veterans of 1846]

Photograph of the Mexican War Veterans of 1846. The group of men are standing on steps. The men on the front row are seated.
Date: unknown
Creator: Swartz, C.L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

A Correct Map of the Seat of War in Mexico

Map of the Seat of War in Mexico, circa 1847. The map has a written description and illustrations surrounding the land and shows topographical data.
Date: 1847~
Creator: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Texas in 1846: Seat of war.

Map shows the geography, cities, and towns in Mexico and Texas. A United States flag, with flagpole pointing to Point Isabel, appears in the right side of the map. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:12,672,000]. Map comes from Texas and Mexico in 1846 by John Newman.
Date: 1846?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

How the war commenced and how near it is ended.

Map shows most of the United States during the U. S. Civil War with Confederate States emphasized in gray and black. Includes text. Scale not given.
Date: 1864?
Creator: National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Manuscript map of Mexico City at the time of the Mexican War]

Map shows locations of Mexican and American military forces in the vicinity of Mexico City and Chapultepec, between Tacubaya Road, the San Cosmo Causeway, and Bolivar Causeway; structures and vegetation. Includes key to map. Scale not given.
Date: 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the seat of war: Gen Taylor's field of operations in Mexico.

Map shows Taylor's route to Monterey in red, and details of other U.S. Army military units' movements in and around Monterey, Mexico. Insets: "Map of the seat of war on a reduced scale" and "The late battlefield." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1846
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown Northern Mexico Location During the Mexican War, 1846-1848]

Map shows roads, vegetation, buildings, encampments, fortifications, troop locations, and battlesites for an unidentified location, probably in northern Mexico during the Mexican War, 1846-1848, possibly on the Rio Grande or other navigable river. Relief shown by hachures. No scale given.
Date: [1846..1848]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of part of Maryland and Virginia : showing the probable theatre of the war.

Map shows railroads lines, military posts, major cities, and towns along the Cheasapeake Bay, Maryland, and northeastern Virginia at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. Scale not given.
Date: 1861
Creator: Harper & Brothers
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rio Colorado of the West.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century routes of exploration and navigation along the Colorado River. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Scale [ca. 1:380,160].
Date: 1858
Creator: Ives, J. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Collage: Flag of Texas Hunters, Two men and a Woman during the Civil War period

[Collage of the Flag of Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards surrounded by portraits of two men, one in Confederate uniform and a woman depicted during the Civil War period. The woman has been identified as Eudora Carolina Perry and the man as Robert Ross Wright] Newspaper clipping information: "The [Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards] flag is the handiwork of a group of young ladies of Marshall and Harrison County and was presented to the Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards on the occasion of their entry into the conflict."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Mexican Situation [1914].

Map shows the geography, political boundaries, and cities in early twentieth century Mexico and the southwest United States. Index to principal cities is listed. Inset: "State of Mexico and Surrounding Country (enlarged scale), c1910. Includes text about Mexican events, 1913-1914, with war figures and statistics on the United States Army and Navy, and on the Mexican Army and Navy, as well as a map of North America from "The Rand-McNally new commercial atlas," c1912, on verso. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,420,000].
Date: 1914
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Porto [sic.] Rico engraved specially for Leslie's official history of the Spanish American War.

Map shows late nineteenth century Puerto Rico geography and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Scales vary and not noted.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Mexican-American War, first military engagements and incidents 9 April - 18 May 1846.

Map shows troop movements and skirmish locations during the battle of Palo Alto. Includes legend and text about the Battle of Palo Alto. Scale not indicated.
Date: 1993
Creator: Martinez, Victor
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Railroad map of Mexico.

Map shows existing and proposed railroad lines, state boundaries, major cities and station stops; electric [power?] lines on inset. Inset: "Enlarged map, state of Mexico and surrounding country." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,800,000].
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. War Department. General Staff War College Division.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

From the Red River to the Rio Grande: from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War.

Map shows roads, trails, springs, military outposts, settlements, watershed and notable geographic features for western, central, southeastern, and northeastern Texas, and for southeastern New Mexico. Includes dates and camp locations for the expedition. Inset: [Profile across Texas from El Paso on the Rio Bravo del Norte to Fulton on the Red River]. Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and by profile. Scale [ca. 1:950,400].
Date: 1859
Creator: Pope, John, 1822-1892
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte du Méxique : dressée au Depôt de la guerre.

Map shows late nineteenth century Mexico geography and cities. Inset: "Carte des divisions politiques" [Map of political divisions]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:3,000,000].
Date: 1875
Creator: Dépôt de la guerre (France)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History