Letters and Diaries

Title -   Despatch from General Taylor. Head-Quarters, Army of Occupation, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 19, 1845.

Date -   November 19, 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 -   Comanche raids continued to occupy the attention of the army stationed at Corpus Christi. When a group of Comanches was arrested and subsequently fired upon by U.S. dragoons, Taylor, fearing further Indian depredations, mustered into service several companies of Texas rangers for three month enlistments.