Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French Mexican War; War between the States, a Diary; Reconstruction Period, His Experience; Incidents, Reminiscences, etc.

CHAPTER III.

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Death of Hon. A. P. Upshur, Secretary of State--Calhoun 30 Appointed--Treaty of Annexation of Texas--Declaration of the State of Massachusetts--Texas Accepts the Resolution of Annexation--Formation of Army of Occupation--Transferred to Maj. S. Ringgold's Battery of Horse Artillery--Officers Sail for Aransas Pass--The Wicked Captain--Becalmed--Cross Bahama Banks--Key West--Out of Drinking Water--Fare on Board Ship--Storm--Aransas Pass--St. Joseph's Island--Maj. Ringgold's Cook--Embark for Corpus Christi--Game and Fish--Horse Racing--White Horse of the Prairies--Trip to San Antonio--The Town--Incidents of the Trip