Mexican War Letters of Col. William Bowen Campbell of Tennessee, Written to Governor David Campbell of Virginia, 1846-1847
Author: William Bowen Campbell
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-21
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9780331583212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Mexican War Letters of Col. William Bowen Campbell of Tennessee, Written to Governor David Campbell of Virginia, 1846-1847: With Introduction and Notes I have two fine horses which I brought from Tenn. They have been much worsted in the voyage here, but I h0pe soon to recruit them and make them serve me during the campaign, and I have an Irish servant who is kind and attentive and serve-s me faithfully. So do not fear but I shall get on well if some disease does not overtake me. There are now more than twelve thousand volunteers in the army of occupation scattered along the Rio Grande, here and about Point Isabel and towards Matamoras, and if Genl. Taylor had the means of supplying his army, he could make an immediate move upon Monterey and could strike an effective blow. This is a much worse country to campaign in than Florida. Water and wood is so very scarce. I have not seen timber yet. We cook with coal brought from Ohio or Penn. Florida has an abundance of fine timber and excellent water. Again adieu. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.