The Twelve Months Volunteer: Or, Journal of a Private, in the Tennessee Regiment of Cavalry, in the Campaign, in Mexico, 1846-7; Comprising Four General Subjects: I. A Soldier's Life in Camp; Amusements; Duties; Hardships; II. A Description of Texas and Mexico, as Seen on the March; III. Manners; Customs; Religious Ceremonies of the Mexicans; IV. The Operations of All the Twelve Months Volunteers: Including a Complete History of the War with Mexico...engravings, from Drawings by the AuthorJ. A. & U. P. James, 1849 - 640페이지 |
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... advance of any opera- tions of actual warfare ; for all saw that if Mexico persisted , it must come . General Taylor continued his march toward the Rio Grande , his whole force amounting to upwards of 3,000 men . On the 18th of March he ...
... advance of any opera- tions of actual warfare ; for all saw that if Mexico persisted , it must come . General Taylor continued his march toward the Rio Grande , his whole force amounting to upwards of 3,000 men . On the 18th of March he ...
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... advance of the forces under Taylor , accom- panied by a heavy train of wagons , loaded with supplies . Upon the reception of this intelligence Arista marched to- ward the coast , leaving his second in command , Don Pedro Ampudia , in ...
... advance of the forces under Taylor , accom- panied by a heavy train of wagons , loaded with supplies . Upon the reception of this intelligence Arista marched to- ward the coast , leaving his second in command , Don Pedro Ampudia , in ...
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... advance squadrons of horse which had been thrown forward reached the Palo Alto , and discov- ered the enemy drawn up in battle array upon the prairie , three quarters of a mile distant . In a short time the main body came up , and the ...
... advance squadrons of horse which had been thrown forward reached the Palo Alto , and discov- ered the enemy drawn up in battle array upon the prairie , three quarters of a mile distant . In a short time the main body came up , and the ...
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... advance ; the word was then given to return the adversaries ' fire ; it was promptly obeyed ; the eighteen pounders , and Ringgold's admirable corps of flying artillery , poured forth a deadly stream of shot , which soon forced the ...
... advance ; the word was then given to return the adversaries ' fire ; it was promptly obeyed ; the eighteen pounders , and Ringgold's admirable corps of flying artillery , poured forth a deadly stream of shot , which soon forced the ...
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... advance or retreat , so that the bat- tle might be lost or won , and not prolonged until the artillery had entirely destroyed them . * Arista , in the hope of quiet- ing the impatience of his men , who were leaving their ranks , sent ...
... advance or retreat , so that the bat- tle might be lost or won , and not prolonged until the artillery had entirely destroyed them . * Arista , in the hope of quiet- ing the impatience of his men , who were leaving their ranks , sent ...
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advance alcalde American appearance arms army arrived artillery attack bank battalion battery battle body bugles called camp cannon Capt Captain cavalry chapparal Colonel column Comanches command continued crossed crowded Cruz distance encamped endeavored enemy feet fire force Fort Brown four Goliad grass ground Guadaloupe guard guns hacienda halted heavy hill horses hour hundred infantry Kentucky killed lake lancers land Lavacca Lieut Lieutenant Little Rock look Matamoras ment Mexican Mexico miles Monterey morning mules musquit night o'clock officers passed Pedro Ampudia pieces Plaza prairie Private rancho rear regiment Rio Grande river road rode saddle Saltillo scene seen sent sergeant shells sick side slightly soldiers soon Tampico Taylor Tennessee tents Texas thousand timber tion took town trees Trinity river troops United valley Vera Cruz wagon train whole wounded
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34 페이지 - Now entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp through the foul womb of night The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixed sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
637 페이지 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force...
637 페이지 - ... is necessary to be taken from them for the use of such armed force, the same shall be paid for at a reasonable price.
638 페이지 - But if any officer shall break his parole by leaving the district so assigned him, or any other prisoner shall escape from the limits of his cantonment, after they shall have been designated to him, such individual, officer, or other prisoner, shall forfeit so much of the benefit of this article as provides for his liberty on parole or in cantonment.
638 페이지 - ... to be agreed upon between the respective commanders, be paid by the other party, on a mutual adjustment of accounts for the subsistence of prisoners, and such accounts shall not be mingled with or set off...
635 페이지 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States...
636 페이지 - And finally, the sacredness of this obligation shall never be lost sight of by the said government when providing for the removal...
636 페이지 - ... influence and power, to rescue them and return them to their country, or deliver them to the agent or representative of the Mexican government. The Mexican authorities will, as far as practicable, give to the government of the United States notice of such captures ; and...