Letters and Diaries

Title -   Despatch from General Taylor. Steamship Alabama, Aransas Pass, Texas, July 28, 1845

Date -   July 28, 1845

Publication Information -   Messages of the President of the United States, with the correspondence, therewith communicated, between the Secretary of War and other officers of the government, on the subject of the Mexican War.   Published by: Wendall and van Benthuysen, Washington, 1848

Format -   Letters (correspondence)

Collection -   The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections.

Call Number -   E404.U59 Library Collections Depository, Special Collections

Description -   General Taylor reports his arrival (by steamship) with eight companies of the 3rd Infantry Regiment near the mouth of the Nueces River. The balance of his force was still en route from New Orleans via slower sailing vessels.