The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico--1846; including Skirmishes with the Mexicans, and an accurate detail of the Storming of Monterey; also the Daring Scouts at Buena Vista together with anecdotes, incidents, descriptions of country, and sketches of the lives of the celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker. Page: 11
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McCULLOCH'S TEXAS RANGERS.
CHAPTER I.
Departure for the Seat of War-Incidents of the Passage-Arrival at the
Bruos St. Jago-Description of the Island, &c., and Point Isabel-AnecdotesThe
false Alarm.
ON the morning of the 4th of June, 1846, our regiment, the
6th Louisiana Volunteers, was complete and fully equipped, having
been mustered into the service of the United States, and were
patiently waiting at the barracks, below the city of New Orleans,
for transportation. As is always the case preparatory to the embarkation
of either sailors or soldiers, every thing was in the
highest state of confusion and excitement. Orders had been
issued for the departure of our regiment on the next morning at
daylight, and the steamer James L. Day was ready at the landing
to receive us. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,
the barracks had been thronged with the friends and relatives
of the officers and soldiers,and amid the final adieus and sad
farewells, there was many a strict injunction and ardent promise
made and given among the parting friends. It was our last night
ashore, and every one seemed determined to make the most of it.
There were any quantity of malcontents in the guard-house-and
many were the ingenious plots, plans, and excuses made up among
the men, for the purpose of getting leave to go up town; and in
case of failure mary of them took French leave, by scaling the
walls of the barracks. The night was extremely propitious for
those who chose this mode of procedure, for a very heavy rain
nad set in during the early part of the evening, and continued to
fall in torrents throughout the night.
At daylight on the 5th, we commenced to embark the troops,
and on examining the morning report, we found a goodly number
marked absent without leave; an officer was despatched to town
after the delinquents, who succeeded in getting all on board, with
a few exceptions. At 11, A. M., we got underweigh, the steamer
taking a turn up the river, and rounding most beautifully, with
colours flying, and the band playing a lively air; we fired a salute
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Reid, Samuel C., Jr. The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico--1846; including Skirmishes with the Mexicans, and an accurate detail of the Storming of Monterey; also the Daring Scouts at Buena Vista together with anecdotes, incidents, descriptions of country, and sketches of the lives of the celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker., book, 1859; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38096/m1/13/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.