Letters and Diaries

Title -   Despatch from General Taylor. Head-Quarters, Army of Occupation, Corpus Christi, Texas, August 15, 1845.

Date -   August 15, 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 reported that he had selected Corpus Christi on the west bank of the Nueces River (in disputed territory) for his base of operations.