The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 260
... Army to cultivate his Kentucky acres , but - except for a short interval or two - he remained as a career officer ... Army of Occupation from Corpus Christi southward to the banks of the Rio Grande . Taylor , his army already reduced by ...
... Army to cultivate his Kentucky acres , but - except for a short interval or two - he remained as a career officer ... Army of Occupation from Corpus Christi southward to the banks of the Rio Grande . Taylor , his army already reduced by ...
Page 261
... Army . He recommended that Taylor remain in command of the Army of Occupation . To Arista , Taylor at Fort Texas , with his supplies and most of his ammunition at Point Isabel , looked tempt- ingly vulnerable . The Mexican general ...
... Army . He recommended that Taylor remain in command of the Army of Occupation . To Arista , Taylor at Fort Texas , with his supplies and most of his ammunition at Point Isabel , looked tempt- ingly vulnerable . The Mexican general ...
Page 265
... army of twenty - five thousand men , which he was then training . Napoleon of the West , Santa Anna styled himself . Marching his troops across the desert in winter , enduring lack of food and water , plagued by sickness and desertions ...
... army of twenty - five thousand men , which he was then training . Napoleon of the West , Santa Anna styled himself . Marching his troops across the desert in winter , enduring lack of food and water , plagued by sickness and desertions ...
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