Description: Original Antique1865 Civil War Mitchell MapTexaswithGalveston City Insert Battle sites shown:America-Mexican War Battle of Palo Alto. On May 8, 1846, shortly before the United States formally declared war on Mexico, General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) defeated a superior Mexican force in the Battle of Palo Alto. The battle took place north of the Rio Grande River near present-day Brownsville, Texas.Battle of Resaca de la PalmaThe battle of Resaca de la Palma was the second engagement of the Mexican War. It was fought on May 9, 1846, a few miles north of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, the day after the retreat of the Mexican army at Palo Alto. Taylor’s victory, along with a series of subsequent victories against the Mexicans, made him a war hero. In 1848, he was elected America’s 12th president.Galveston The Union Navy seized control of the Port of Galveston in October 1862. On New Year's day of 1863, a joint effort between the Confederate Army and a makeshift confederate naval force mounted a surprise attack against the Union vessels in the harbor. During the Battle of Galveston, the Confederates managed to capture six Union ships, sink one, and run another aground. The Confederacy claimed Galveston for the remainder of the war. After this battle, Union forces could never successfully maintain control of the Port of Galveston or confederate shipments through the city. Galveston remained the only significant Confederate port not successfully captured and held during the Civil War.Ringgold BarracksCamp Ringgold, later Ringgold Barracks, was named for Major Samuel Ringgold, who was killed at the battle of Palo Alto in 1846. During the Civil War, Ringgold changed hands several times, starting in 1861when it was occupied by Confederate forces. Late in 1863, Union troops re-entered the Rio Grande Valley and seized the camp, only for it to be seized again by rebels. It stayed in Confederate hands until the end of the war. Also shownThe Santa Fe Trail From 1821 until 1846, the Santa Fe Trail was a two-way international commercial highway used by both Mexican and American traders. Then, in 1846, the Mexican-American War began, and a few months later, America's Army of the West followed the Santa Fe Trail westward to successfully invade Mexico. It ran through northern Texas.Approximate Sizes:Page: 9.1" x 11.8" Map image: 8.5" x 10.5" the map was carefully taken from Mitchell's Modern AtlasDrawn and Engraved Expressly to IllustrateMitchell's New School Geography1865Published by E.H. Butler & Company(The atlas cover and title page shown in the photos are not a part of this salebut only for documentation of the map's origin.) Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1790-1868)Samuel Augustus Mitchell was a renown American geographer. Born in Connecticut he worked as a geography teacher but soon realizing there were only poor quality geographical resources available to teachers he turned to publishing. He moved to Philadelphia, a major center for publishing at the time, around 1830 and founded his company. It becoming one of the leading map and atlas publishers of the nineteenth century being one of the first to try out the new technique of engraving on steel plates. He experimented with steel almost 20 years before the rest of the publishing industry. This map His son, S. Augustus Mitchell, became owner in 1860. A great addition to any collection of antiquesmapshistoryeducational history Within the USA the map will be mailed in a flat, secure, ridge package.
Price: 175 USD
Location: Bar Harbor, Maine
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Format: Atlas Map
Printing Technique: Copper Plate
US State: Texas
Year: 1865
Cartographer/Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
City: Galveston City
