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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
and had taken possession of, was under the command of Capt. B. H. Hill. On the 22d of February, Colonel Ford, LieutenantChem. Commissioner Nichols addressed a communication to Captain Hill asking an interview, and sent it by Mr. Waller, who returned a verbal answer, stating that Captain Hill could be seen at his quarters. Another letter from Commissioner Nichols prw on the 23d of February, in which he was informed that Captain Hill could not recognize him as commissioner of Texas; that until Hill got orders from his government his responsibility as an officer could not be changed. All of which was tantamounthe property. A floating report having been heard that Captain Hill contemplated attacking Colonel Ford's forces, Lieutenan would not produce surrender without a desperate fight. As Hill had a number of cannon and men to man them, and Captain Stocertain the disposition of other officers there besides Captain Hill's; and Commissioner Nichols repaired to the island to u