Our Army on the Rio Grande Author:Thomas Bangs Thorpe Subtitle: Being a Short Account of the Important Events Transpiring From the Time of the Removal of the "army of Occupation" From Corpus Christi, to the Surrender of Matamoros; With Descriptions of the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca De La Palma, the Bombardment of Fort Brown, and the Ceremonies of the Surrender of Matamoros: With Descriptions o... more »f the City, Etc. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Engravings General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Original Publisher: Carey and Hart Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848 History / Latin America / Mexico History / Military / United States History / United States / General History / United States / 19th Century Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ARRIVAL OPPOSITE MATAMOROS. 17 CHAPTER II. The army arrives opposite Matamoros -- Our flag raised on the Rio Grande -- Gen. Worth passes over to Matamoros -- Interesting interview -- Shooting deserters -- Run-away slaves -- Social intercourse between the two armies suspended -- Ampudia's proclamation. The " Army of Occupation" arrived upon the east bank of 'the Rio Grande, and opposite Matamoros, between 11 and 12 o'clock on the morning of the 28th day of March, 1846. Nothing could exceed the joy of the soldiers on beholding this river which formed, at that time, the latest south-western boundary of the United States. The rich verdure of the banks, the cultivated gardens scattered around, and the clustering fig and pomegranate trees, seemed like fairy land, when contrasted with the desert over which they had passed. The approach of the army had, of course, been announced in the city of Matamoros, and its population had turned out by thousands, lining the west bank of the river with dense masses of...« less