. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ossing of the Salado and joined a large company of TexasRangers who, under the command of Ben McCuUoch, had been encampedthere for several days. Captain Baylors buffalo-hunt had at last assumed atangible shape. To be prepared for any emergency, for many nights we had kept our firt^arms beside us. On the night of the 15th, worn out with anxioiis watch-ing, we f(41 asleep, to be suddenly roused about 4 oclock by the screamsof the negroes, who were coming homo from market, Were aU go
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ossing of the Salado and joined a large company of TexasRangers who, under the command of Ben McCuUoch, had been encampedthere for several days. Captain Baylors buffalo-hunt had at last assumed atangible shape. To be prepared for any emergency, for many nights we had kept our firt^arms beside us. On the night of the 15th, worn out with anxioiis watch-ing, we f(41 asleep, to be suddenly roused about 4 oclock by the screamsof the negroes, who were coming homo from market, Were aU going to be j The secession of Texas was not legally com- 3^ James H. Rojrers. also appointed, was a com-pleted until the ratification of this ordinance by missioner, but it appears from the Official Kecoiristhe people, February i!3d, but the secession party that he did not serve.— the authority of the convention suffi- 4 From whom stray cattle were styled Maver-oieut for the prior seizure of United States prop- — Editors. ^ The writer. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TIVIGGS SURRENDER. 35. THE ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO. killed! I gi-asped my revolver, and, springing to my feet, looked out uponthe plaza. In the dim light I saw the revolutionists appearing, two by two,on muleback and horseback, mounted and on foot,—a motley though quiteorderly crowd, carrying the Lone Star flag before them, and surrounded andsupported by armed men. The nights had been cold, and a week on theSalado without comforts had not added to theu* valorous had coats, but others were in their shirt-sleeves, and not a few werewiapped in old shawls and sad-dle-blankets. Their arms were ofevery description. By daylightmore had appeared, perhaps athousand in all, and so great wasthe enthusiasm of two womenwho had aided Greneral Twiggsin his arrangements that theymounted their hoises, in maleattire, and with pistols in theirbelts rode out to meet theirfriends. Coffee and refreshmen
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