Letters and Diaries

Title -   Despatch from General Taylor. Head-quarters, Army of Occupation, Camp near Matamoras, Texas, April 15, 1846

Date -   April 15, 1846

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 -   Taylor reported that on April 11, General Ampudia arrived at Matamoras with two hundred cavalry. Taylor estimated that 2,000 to 3,000 additional troops were en route from Monterrey.