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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 44 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 12 6 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 1 1 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
t indefinitely on the sullen moods of Mexico. General Taylor, in obedience to orders, advanced to the Rio Grande, taking position opposite to the fortified Mexican town, Matamoras, March 25, 1846. General La Vega, the Mexican commander, then threw a body of troops across the river. On the 24th of April a party of American dragoons under Captain Thornton were surprised by a large Mexican force and compelled to surrender, after the loss of sixteen men out of their force of sixty-three. President Paredes now appointed General Arista to command the Mexican forces on the frontier. General Arista crossed the Rio Grande with an army of 8,000 men and moved to attack General Taylor. It is no part of our purpose to recount the events of the Mexican war. The Mexicans and the opponents of the administration in the United States, notwithstanding the fact that Mexico had declared the annexation of Texas to be an act of war, and that her minister had demanded his passports and that she had ref