...stablishment of the flag in Texas. Colonel Burrill and his men remained in captivity more than a year, and after much suffering, were exchanged in the spring of 1864. It is true, as stated by Major-General Halleck , in his report of the fifteenth November, 1863, as General-in-Chief of the army, that this expedition was not contemplated or provided for in General Banks's instructions; but having undoubted infor...