Title:
Powder horn used in the Mexican War
Description:
Powder horn, open on both ends.
Description:
Historical Note: Powder horn used by Richard Redman, Quitman's Command, during the Mexican War. The conflict between the United States and Mexico in 1846-48 had its roots in the annexation of Texas and the westward thrust of American settlers. On assuming the American presidency in 1845, James K. Polk attempted to secure Mexican agreement to setting the boundary at the Rio Grande and to the sale of northern California. Frustrated by the Mexican refusal to negotiate, Polk, on January 13, 1846, directed General Zachary Taylor's army at Corpus Christi to advance to the Rio Grande. The Mexican government viewed that as an act of war. Eventually, after a series of confrontations and battles, on February 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, through which the United States gained California, Arizona, New Mexico, and the Rio Grande boundary for Texas, as well as portions of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado.
Identifier:
ATF0312
Item identifier:
ATF0312
Collection:
Artifacts collection
Date range of creation:
1840 to 1850
Container information:
Artifact Box 0064
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject:
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Subject:
Annexation to the United States
Subject:
Chapultepec, Battle of, Mexico City, Mexico, 1847
Type:
Image
Type:
Armament Accessories
Type:
Horn, Powder
Medium:
Horn (animal material)
Citation information:
ATF0312, Artifacts collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
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Size or duration:
7.75 in x 2.5 in x 2.5 in