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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
ing efficient protection to troops posted near any of the passes formed in the banks. Banks' plan, well conceived this time, was to take possession of these passes successively, commencing at the south. On the 2d of November he lands a few troops on the shore of Brazos Island, and establishes himself there without interference on the part of the enemy; he thus commands the channel of Boca Chica. On the following day a disembarkation is effected at the mouth of the Rio Grande in front of Bagdad. The Confederates, who have entirely disarmed Southern Texas to protect Galveston and the eastern part of the State, cannot even make a show of resistance. But, the bar not permitting the large transports to penetrate into the river, the landing is effected by means of boats—a long and difficult operation which costs the life of several sailors. On being master of this point, Banks ascends the river with a portion of his troops, and on the 6th takes possession of Brownsville, in front of