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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... strong interest manifested , while yet on the scene of operations , for the char- acter and success of this work . To Dr. Woodworth , now of Cincinnati , but resident in the interior of Mexico for the past eight years , the author is ...
... strong interest manifested , while yet on the scene of operations , for the char- acter and success of this work . To Dr. Woodworth , now of Cincinnati , but resident in the interior of Mexico for the past eight years , the author is ...
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... strong and effi- cient defences around it . Leaving a small force under the command of Major Munroe , to garrison and defend this point , the army proceeded to the Rio Grande , upon the bank of which , opposite Matamoras , it arrived on ...
... strong and effi- cient defences around it . Leaving a small force under the command of Major Munroe , to garrison and defend this point , the army proceeded to the Rio Grande , upon the bank of which , opposite Matamoras , it arrived on ...
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... strong enough to bid defiance to the assaults of the hostiles should they attempt to carry the place ; an enter- prise scarcely to be expected from even the veterans under Arista . In order , however , to put the fort in a condition to ...
... strong enough to bid defiance to the assaults of the hostiles should they attempt to carry the place ; an enter- prise scarcely to be expected from even the veterans under Arista . In order , however , to put the fort in a condition to ...
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... strong party , with instructions to explore the chapparal and ascertain the position of the Mexican force . At three in the afternoon , Taylor received information that Arista was posted directly in front , on the road , which was ...
... strong party , with instructions to explore the chapparal and ascertain the position of the Mexican force . At three in the afternoon , Taylor received information that Arista was posted directly in front , on the road , which was ...
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... strong divi- sion to recover it ; they were met by a company under Cap- tain Barbour , who , after a brief struggle , repelled them with loss . * This was the last effort made by the Mexican leader to regain his lost ground . Driven ...
... strong divi- sion to recover it ; they were met by a company under Cap- tain Barbour , who , after a brief struggle , repelled them with loss . * This was the last effort made by the Mexican leader to regain his lost ground . Driven ...
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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...