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The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
tle force, dashed with it to the banks of the Rio Grande for the purpose of swimming the river, but the approaches to the water were so boggy that it was impracticable. He then turned, and finding escape impossible, he sent a flag of truce to Gen. Ampudia, the commander of the Mexican forces, saying that if his command would be treated as prisoners of war he would surrender, but otherwise they would cut their way out. The terms were granted, and he remained a prisoner sixteen days, at the expiration of which time he was duly exchanged. He was treated with much consideration by Ampudia while a prisoner. He subsequently passed through the principal battles of the war, receiving two brevets for gallantry in action. The State of Georgia, at the close of the war presented him a beautifully chased sword, with appropriate inscriptions, as a testimonial of his services. In 1853 Lt. Col. Hardee was assigned by Mr. Davis, the then Federal Secretary at War, to the duty of arranging a sy