The Mexican War and Its Warriors: Comprising a Complete History of All the Operations of the American Armies in Mexico: with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Officers in the Regular Army and Volunteer Force |
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... Commodore David Porter . It has been said of some families that chivalry runs in the blood , and of none can it be more true than of the Por- ters . The brother of Lieutenant Porter , who held a similar rank in the navy , is reported to ...
... Commodore David Porter . It has been said of some families that chivalry runs in the blood , and of none can it be more true than of the Por- ters . The brother of Lieutenant Porter , who held a similar rank in the navy , is reported to ...
Page 54
... Commodore Conner the plan of a combined land and naval attack upon the Mexican posts on the Rio Grande . While at the Point , he despatched a hasty letter to Washington , from which we make the following extracts : " I avail myself of ...
... Commodore Conner the plan of a combined land and naval attack upon the Mexican posts on the Rio Grande . While at the Point , he despatched a hasty letter to Washington , from which we make the following extracts : " I avail myself of ...
Page 128
... Commodore Conner ɔeing intended to co - operate in the attack . As we have seen , all the regular force was detached from General Taylor's command , and ordered to the general rendez- vous at the island of Lobos , not very distant from ...
... Commodore Conner ɔeing intended to co - operate in the attack . As we have seen , all the regular force was detached from General Taylor's command , and ordered to the general rendez- vous at the island of Lobos , not very distant from ...
Page 129
... Commodore Conner , which we subjoin . " After a joint reconnoissance , made by the general and myself in the steamer Petrita , the beach due west from Sacrificios , one of the points spoken of in my pre- vious letters , was selected as ...
... Commodore Conner , which we subjoin . " After a joint reconnoissance , made by the general and myself in the steamer Petrita , the beach due west from Sacrificios , one of the points spoken of in my pre- vious letters , was selected as ...
Page 132
... Commodore Conner , and the gallant officers and seamen belonging to the squadron . ” It may not be amiss , before proceeding to give an account of the siege , to subjoin a short extract from an article descriptive of Vera Cruz , from ...
... Commodore Conner , and the gallant officers and seamen belonging to the squadron . ” It may not be amiss , before proceeding to give an account of the siege , to subjoin a short extract from an article descriptive of Vera Cruz , from ...
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