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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Army life-causes of the Mexican war-camp Salubrity (search)
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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Corpus Christi -Mexican smuggling-spanish rule in Mexico-supplying transportation (search)
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Early in September the regiment left New Orleans for Corpus Christi, now in Texas.
Ocean steamers were not then common, and the passage was made in sailing vessels.
At that time there was not more than three feet of water in the channel at the outlet of Corpus Christi Bay; the debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers, and at an island in the channel called Shell Island, the ships anchoring some miles out from shore.
This made the work slow, and as the army was only supplied with one or two steamers, it took a number of days to effect the landing of a single regiment with its stores, camp and garrison equipage, etc. There happened to be pleasant weather while this was going on, but the land-swell was so great that when the ship and steamer were on opposite sides of the same wave they would be at considerable distance apart.
The men and baggage were let down to a point higher th
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, The Mexican war-the battle of Palo Alto -the battle of Resaca de la Palma -Army of invasion - General Taylor -movement on Camargo (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Advance on the City of Mexico -battle of Contreras -assault at Churubusco-negotiations for peace-battle of Molino del Rey-storming of Chapultepec -San Cosme -evacuation of the City -Halls of the Montezumas (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Promotion to first Lieutenant-capture of the City of Mexico -the Army-Mexican soldiers- peace negotiations (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Resignation-private life-life at Galena-the coming crisis (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Van Dorn 's movements-battle of Corinth -command of the Department of the Tennessee (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Retrospect of the campaign-sherman's movements-proposed movement upon Mobile-a painful accident-ordered to report at Cairo (search)