Cortina Troubles
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The Cortina Troubles is the generic name for the First Cortina War, from 1859 to 1860, and the Second Cortina War, in 1861, in which paramilitary forces led by the Mexican rancher and local leader Jua
Emory Brownsville
Texas Historical Marker in Rio Grande City
Texas historical marker on Highway 281 along the Rio Grande at the Hidalgo-Cameron county line.
Confederate States Army
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The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, fighting against the
Cortina Troubles
…War, in 1861, in which paramilitary forces led by the Mexican rancher and local leader Juan Cortina, confronted elements of the United States Army, the Confederate States Army, the Texas Rangers, and the local militias of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. According to author Robert Elman, Juan Cortina and his…
Private Edwin Francis Jemison, whose image became one of the most famous portraits of the young soldiers of the war
A cartoon from the war, showing the Confederates forcibly drafting a Southern Unionist man into the Confederate army. The Unionist man objects, with the Confederates threatening to lynch him if he does not comply.
An 1861 Confederate recruiting poster from Virginia, urging men to join the Confederate cause and fight off the Union Army, which it refers to as a "brutal and desperate foe"
CSA M1857 Napoleon Artillery Piece