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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 9 : the Mexican War . (search)
Chapter 9: the Mexican War.
General Taylor occupies Corpus Christi.
horsemanship of the Texans.
Taylor moves to the Rio Grande.
hostilities by the Mexicans.
battle of Palo Alto.
Resacaes, as belonging to Tamaulipas, General Taylor, pending negotiations, established himself at Corpus Christi, near the mouth of the Nueces, where he remained until March 8, 1846.
Love, writing to Gquesting his recommendation of General Johnston as colonel of one of the new regiments:
Corpus Christi, Texas, February 8, 1846.
Dear sir: Your esteemed favor of the 17th ult., from Galveston, reHe had been ten years in Texas, and much in the field, without seeing one; but after passing Corpus Christi they appeared in great numbers, fiercely rearing themselves up and offering battle to an app desired to give me rank next himself in the Texas quota of four regiments, to go by land to Corpus Christi.
Once away from Galveston there was no opportunity of writing until I should reach this poi
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Corpus Christi -Mexican smuggling-spanish rule in Mexico-supplying transportation (search)
Corpus Christi-Mexican smuggling-spanish rule in Mexico-supplying transportation
Early in September the regiment left New Orleans for Corpus Christi, now in Texas.
Ocean steamers were not then c, or Shell Island, the labor of getting to Corpus Christi was slow and tedious.
There was, if my me later.
The distance from Shell Island to Corpus Christi was some sixteen or eighteen miles. The chdually the Army of occupation assembled at Corpus Christi.
When it was all together it consisted ofp no claim whatever.
The distance from Corpus Christi to Matamoras is about one hundred and fif traders, who travelled constantly between Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande, and some by the buffalthem in December, 1845.
The distance from Corpus Christi to San Antonio was then computed at one huhe Nueces, about twenty-five miles up from Corpus Christi, were a few log cabins, the remains of a t for temporary occupation.
From Austin to Corpus Christi there was only a small settlement at Bastr
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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Trip to Austin-promotion to full second Lieutenant -Army of occupation (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Advance of the Army-crossing the Colorado-the Rio Grande (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The Mexican war-the battle of Palo Alto -the battle of Resaca de la Palma -Army of invasion - General Taylor -movement on Camargo (search)
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 1 : the Ante-bellum life of the author. (search)
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter II (search)
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IX (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 21 : Mr. Davis 's first session in Congress. (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863 , November . (search)