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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VII:—politics. (search)
which project into the tranquil waters of the bay, the ships doubled the point of the island, passing between this point and Pelican Island. Galveston is connected with the continent by a railroad which crosses an arm of the sea of no great depth, over a bridge twelve hundred metres long. At the bottom of the bay stands the village of San Jacinto, in the vicinity of which the American adventurers who had undertaken to conquer and colonize Texas defeated the Mexican army and captured General Santa Anna. Renshaw appeared on the 4th of October with his flotilla at the entrance of the bay. After waiting in vain for an answer to his summons, he crossed the bar. A fort erected by the Confederates, at the extreme end of Galveston Island, opened fire upon him, but two or three well-directed shells soon silenced its guns. The battery on Pelican Island, from which the Federals had expected to receive numerous projectiles, was found to be only armed with bogus wooden cannon. It was immediat
The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Garibaldi's Star. (search)
t to its present condition — not by a deficiency of talent — but of disinterested public virtue — a quality in which Gen. Taylor had no superior since the days of General Washington. Talent is common enough, and any man who visits Washington will find himself surrounded by smart rascals enough; but he would have to take a lantern to find an honest man. As a General, however, no one questions the debt of gratitude which this country owes to Gen. Taylor. To him the chief glory of the Mexican war is due, for he established the prestige of the American arms, taught volunteers to fight like regulars, and consummated a succession of glorious victories by the immortal battle of Buena Vista, in which, with five thousand militiamen and one or two companies of regulars, he defeated the flower of the Mexican army, twenty thousand strong, under Santa Anna, thus enabling Gen. Scott to make a comparatively easy march from Vera Cruz to the Capital, and reap the fruits of "Rough and Ready's" lab
The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
utenant in December, 1824, and was engaged in the Black Hawk war; was appointed Assistant Commissary of Subsistence in September, 1828, and Captain in March, 1833. He was transferred to the 8th Infantry in July, 1838, and distinguished himself under Col. Worth, in the Florida war; was appointed Major in the 6th Infantry in February, 1847, and transferred in 1852 to the 5th Infantry. A soldier, who fought under his command in Mexico, informs us that there never was a more gallant officer, and mentions, among his other acts, the holding of Fort Loreto, in Puebla, for thirty-two days, with a small force, against Santa Anna and his army. Since his return from Mexico, Maj. Gwynne has been unable, owing to blindness, to perform active duty. He has, however, in consideration of former services, been continued on the list, and has resided in Norfolk with his family for some years past. It is stated that the National difficulties weighed heavily on the veteran's mind in his last days.
The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Pickings. (search)
d enthusiastic Christian, a gentleman in the highest acceptation of the word. Just after the battle of Contreras, a rude litter, with a dead officer on it, was borne by.-- 'Sergeant, what officer is that? Capt. Hanson, of the 7th Infantry, sir? The soldier had fallen on the field of honor. Two gallant brothers, Capt. Wrightman K. Hanson, 7th Inf., the most enterprising young officer of the Florida War, and Passed Midshipman Jno. Hanson, both also fell in the service of their country. Santa Anna made the fatal mistake, at Cerro Gordo, of leaving Telegraph Hill unfortified. Gen. Scott discovered it, and sent up a young officer, with some 70 men, to seize it. An immense force of Mexicans came to dislodge him. He threw his men behind rocks and trees, and sent for succor. The Rifle Regiment came up and found themselves hotly pressed, and would have been driven back but for the timely arrival of the 2d Infantry. During all this time, that gallant Lieutenant held his position, and ha
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Death of an Ex-Empress. (search)
roffered crown, and it was only after the Congress had voted for him by a vote of 77 to 15, that he accepted it. In the following month the Congress voted unanimously for making the crown hereditary in the family of Yturbide, and soon after he was solemnly crowned. But the fickle and faithless Mexican people did not stand by the monarch they had chosen. The military leaders that have been the curse of the country, began to conspire against the Government. A civil war arose, in which Santa Anna soon became a prominent leader against the Emperor. A republic was proclaimed, and, on the 20th of March, 1823, after a turbulent reign of less than a year, Yturbide abdicated. Permission was granted to him to leave the country, and a pension of $25,000 a year was allowed him. He went with his family to Italy, but returned, in 1824, to Mexico, where, in the meantime, he had been proscribed as a traitor, though he did not know the fact.-- Gen. Garza, the Governor of Tamaulipas, pretending
The Daily Dispatch: April 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
pendence, when an infant settlement, without the aid of the United States, and against the united efforts of Mexico, can maintain it, solitary and alone, now that she has become a powerful State, against that divided empire. The men who routed Santa Anna's legions, who took Santa Anna prisoner, and but for Sam Houston's ill-timed interference, would have prevented the Napoleon of Mexico from giving the United States any farther trouble, have no reason to fear Ampudia. There are no better fightia Anna's legions, who took Santa Anna prisoner, and but for Sam Houston's ill-timed interference, would have prevented the Napoleon of Mexico from giving the United States any farther trouble, have no reason to fear Ampudia. There are no better fighting men in the world than the Texans, and we pity the Mexicans who, wantonly and unprovoked, have profaned the sanctity of Texan soil. There will be no longer a Houston on hand to paralyze the arm of vengeance and snatch away the fruits of victory.
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], General Houston (search)
General Houston is out for Texas and the South. He calls upon his fellow-citizens of Texas to respond to Lincoln's order "lay down their arms and disperse," just as they responded, at San Jacinto, to Santa Anna's order to surrender their arms and their lives into his hands.
The Daily Dispatch: July 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. the season in Cherokee, Georgia--the blockade--"Nobody Hurt" in the South by it — departure of volunteer companies — Santa Anna's sword--Virginia and Georgia Patriots Compared, &c. Rome, Floyd Co., Ga., July 6, 1861. Thanks to the genial showers of Heaven, the corn and cotton crops of upper Georgia are most promising. If we had the entire control of the elements, we could not have a more propitious season. Providence is certainly Cedartown Guards, left our city for Richmond yesterday, commanded by the gallant Capt. Borders, who distinguished himself in the memorable battle at San Jacin to in the Texan war of independence. He is now the owner of the sword captured from Santa Anna in that engagement, presented to him by Judge Lamar, brother of Gen. Lamar; and still another company will leave on Monday next, commanded by Capt. Hart, who like his native State, "Old Rip," awoke very slowly from her Union slumbers, but who i
The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. Scott. (search)
n fortunate in Mexico; showing that his military life, like that of many other Generals, has been one of alternate triumphs and reverses. The Mexican victories, which gave him his chief eclat, were due more to Gen. Taylor's triumphant campaign on the Rio Grande, and to Gen. Lee's engineering skill on the Vera Cruz line, than to his own talents. Old Zack broke the spirit of the Mexicans at Palo Alto, Resaca, Monterey, and finally at Buena Vista, where the flower of the Mexican Army, under Santa Anna, was smashed to powder, and thoroughly demoralized. After that battle, the Mexicans, cowed, dispirited, deprived of their choicest troops and military supplies, gave way readily before the splendid column of Scott, composed in great part of Old Zack's regulars, whom, with his usual magnanimity, the Lieutenant-General had despoiled Taylor of on the eve of the battle of Buena Vista, and commanded by such officers as Beauregard, Lee, Johnson and others. Nevertheless, old "Fuss and Feathers"
The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sketch of the life of Ben McCullough. (search)
McCullough's disappointment was very great at not being able to join the gallant band of patriots; but it afterwards proved very fortunate for him, for Col. Travis, after having sustained a siege of thirteen days, with only 180 Texans against Santa Anna's army, fell with his brave little band, after having killed 900 of the enemy. McCullough, on joining the Texan army under Gen. Sam Houston, was assigned to the artillery, and made captain of a gun. He served gallantly at the battle of San Jacinto, where Santa Anna was taken prisoner, and his army of 1,500 men killed or taken prisoners. McCullough afterwards settled in Gonzales county, Texas, and was employed on the frontier surveying and locating lands. He frequently led the wild border scouts against the Indians and Mexicans, which service he entered before the celebrated Jack Hays He also distinguished himself at the battle of Plumb Creek in a fight with the Indians, who at the time burned and sacked the town of Linnville.
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