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Browsing named entities in Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1. You can also browse the collection for William Preston Johnston or search for William Preston Johnston in all documents.
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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 10 : Fort Crawford , 1832 -33 . (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 25 : the storming of Monterey-report of Mr. Davis . (search)
Chapter 25: the storming of Monterey-report of Mr. Davis.
Professor William Preston Johnston, the son of the distinguished General Albert Sidney Johnston, in the life of his father, furnishes another account of the storming of Monterey, written by Mr. Davis in a private letter.
The Professor thus quotes:
The first attack was made on Fort Taneria, a stone building covered by a low and hastily constructed redoubt.
Twigg's brigade, led by Colonel Garland, was in advance, and, after a im. Other reliance had he none.
Just then, he said, he heard some one giving orders in tones welcome and familiar to his ears, and saw the Mississippi Riflemen formed and advancing on the enemy.
The Life of Albert Sidney Johnston.
By William Preston Johnston. On the third day after the attack commenced the enemy announced a willingness to surrender on terms, and General Taylor appointed three commissioners, viz., Governor Henderson, of Texas, General Worth, of the United States Army, and Col