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Title: Our army at Monterey : being a correct account of the proceedings and events which occurred to the "Army of occupation" under the command of Major General Taylor, from the time of leaving Matamoros to the surrender of Monterey : with a description of the three days' battle and the storming of Monterey : the ceremonies attending the surrender : together with the particulars of the capitulation ; illustrated by a view of the city, and a map drawn by Lieut . Benjamin
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878
Subjects: Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846 Mexican War, 1846-1848 Mexican War, 1846-1848
Publisher: Philadelphia : Carey & Hart
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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giment of U. S. Infantry,Capt. Thomass Artillery, and Capt. Prices Texan Rangers, tookup his line of march for Reyonoso, a small town between sixtyand seventy miles above Matamoros, on the Rio Grande. A fewdays previous to this event, the Alcalde and several importantcitizens of that town had waited on Gen. Taylor, offering a sur-render of the place, and expressing a desire to come under theprotection of the American flag. The Mexicans departed on theirway homeward, evidently delighted with their visit to the Ameri-cans, but unfortunately for their happiness and longevity, theyfell into the hands of Canales, who robbed them of their valuables,and, it is reported, showed his enthusiasm in the cause of hi«native land, by murdering the Alcalde. This movement of Col. Wilson was the first step towards Mon-?rey, the possession of which city Gen. Taylor considered im-ortfent, as it commanded the passes in the mountains, that con-nected northern Mexico with the capital. On the Sabbath pre- 9
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tw drmm li\Iiiad /^tnmiiini I S 4 and ^ifraxrd frijrf^ Iw (hirAr^ OUR ARMY AT MONTEREY. CHAPTER L Movement towards Reyonoso—Col. Wilsons command—Preaching in Mexico^The town of Reyonoso—Canales—Steamers on the Rio Grande—Independ-ence of Northern Mexico—High-water—4th of July celebration—Volunteercamp—City of Matamoros. The tirst movement that was made in demonstration of pene-trating into the interior of Mexico, by American troops, whichfollowed the events immediately connected with the battles of the8th and 9th, 1846, occurred on the 5th of June, 1846, whenLieut. Col. Wilson, with the first regiment of U. S. Infantry,Capt. Thomass Artillery, and Capt. Prices Texan Rangers, tookup his line of march for Reyrnoso, a small town between sixtyand seventy miles above Matamoros, on the Rio Grande. A fewdays previous to this event, the Alcalde and several importantcitizens of that town had waited on Gen. Taylor, offering a sur-render of the place, and expressing a desire to

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