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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 8 (search)
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6.-the Texan expedition.
A national account.
flag-ship McLellan, off Brazos de Santiago, Texas, Nov. 2, 1863.
Again an army of American soldiers is on Texas soil, and once more in the neighborhood of the almost sacred battle-fields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
The following account of the expedition from the time it left South-West Pass to the successful landing of troops on the Texan coast, at Brazos de Santiago, nine miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande del Norte, will be read with interest by all.
An expedition was fitted out at New-Orleans under the command of Major-General Dana. General Banks and staff also accompanied it.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, all went well, the vessels keeping in line at their proper distances; weather fine, sea a little rough.
On Friday morning, October thirtieth, at half-past 4 o'clock, there was a sudden and great change.
The weather, up to this time, (night and day,) had been uncomfortably hot, but at th
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 40 (search)
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38.-the rebel commissariat.
Official circular.
office of Chief Commissary, Quincy, Fla., November 2, 1863.
it has been a subject of anxious consideration how I could, without injury to our cause, expose to the people throughout the State the present perilous condition of our army.
To do this through the public press would point out our source of danger to our enemies.
To see each one in person, or even a sufficient number to effect the object contemplated, is impossible; yet the necessity of general and immediate action is imperative to save our army, and with it our cause, from disaster.
The issues of this contest are now transferred to the people at home.
If they fail to do their duty and sustain the army in its present position, it must fall back.
If the enemy break through our present line, the wave of desolation may roll even to the shores of the Gulf and Atlantic.
In discipline, valor, and the skill of its leaders, our army has proven more than a match fo