...aylor's bayou, and there to try to hold the the enemy in check. When these orders were made known to Lieutenant Dowling-Captain Odlum being in command of the post in the town of Sabine, in place of Colonel Griffin , who had charge of the post, but who had gone to Houston to attend a court-martial—asked his men if they wished to do this. They replied: No; we prefer to fight while there is a detachment to...