September 22nd, 1849—West Point, N. Y. Mc. thinks that he’s booked for an infernally monotonous life for the remainder of his natural existence and wishes he were back again in No. 2 Calle San Francisco.

August 25th, 1852—Solitary and alone on the “Columbus”—for New Orleans.

December 25th, 1852—Solitary and alone at Indianola [Texas]! Heavens! What a Christmas!

INDEX

Altamira, [50].
Anton Lizardo, Point, [52], [53].
Bankhead, Col., [66].
Beauregard, Lieut. P. G. T., [57], [63], [70].
Belton, Lieut.-Col., [54], [62].
Brazos de Santiago (Texas), [7], [8]-[9].
Brooks, N. C., quoted, [51] (note).
Buckner, Simon B., [77] (and note).
Camargo, [10]-[11], [13].
Campbell, Col., [82], [84]-[85].
Cerro Gordo, battle of, [79]-[90].
Chiltipine, [30]-[34].
Crawford, Dr. Samuel, [1].
Encero, [90], [91].
Encinal, [37].
Fordleone, [47], [48].
Foster, Lieut. J. G., [57], [58], [61], [63], [69], [70], [74], [75], [80].
Furber, George C., quoted, [27] (note).
Grant, U. S., quoted, [44] (note), [71] (note).
Guijano, [27].
Harney, [88]-[90].
Haskell, Col. William T., [83]-[84], [85].
Henry, Capt. Guy, [48], [50], [74].
Iturbide, Agustin de, [40].
Jalapa, [90]-[92].
Lee, Capt. R. E., [61], [63], [68], [71], [72], [79].
Lobos, Isle of, [51].
McCall, George A., [21], [33], [41].
McClellan, George B., birth and education, [1];
commissioned, [2];
promotion, [4];
leaves for Mexico, [7];
at Camargo and Matamoros, [10]-[14], [23]-[24];
march to Victoria, [24]-[43];
at Victoria, [43]-[46];
march to Tampico, [46]-[50];
at Lobos, [51];
at Vera Cruz, [53]-[73];
march to Cerro Gordo, [74]-[79];
battle of Cerro Gordo, [80]-[90];
march to Jalapa, [90]-[93];
at Mexico City, [92]-[93].
McMaster, J. B., quoted, [52] (note), [74] (note).
Malibran, [55], [56].
Marquesoto, [40].
Mason, Lieut. J. L., [63], [64], [65]-[66], [67], [70].
Matamoros, [10], [11], [12], [23].
Meade, George G., [5], quoted, [18] (note), [22] (note), [48] (note).
Moquete, [23], [27].
Murphy, [34], [39].
Padilla, [42].
Patterson, Gen. Robert, [14], [15], [16], [20]-[21], [22] (note), [23]-[24], [26], [27], [30], [31]-[32], [33], [35], [37], [40], [41], [43], [56].
Pillow, Gen. Gideon J., [15], [23], [25], [26], [35], [37], [52] (note), [79], [81]-[87].
Plan del Rio, [78]-[79].
Puerto Nacional, [77].
Quitman, Gen. John A., [44], [52] (note).
Rancho Padillo, [23].
Reilly, [89].
San Fernando, [33]-[34].
Santa Fé, [75]-[76].
Santander, [37].
Santa Rosa, [46].
Santa Teresa, [27]-[28], [29].
Saunders, Capt. John, [68], [69], [72].
Scott, Gen. Winfield, [52] (note), [70], [71] (note), [86], [87].
Semmes, R., quoted, [79] (note), [82] (note).
Shields, Gen. James, [52] (note), [88], [89], [90].
Smith, Lieut. Gustavus W., [2], [4], [7], [11], [20]-[21], [23], [25], [26], [31], [36], [38], [55], [57], [58], [59], [60]-[62], [63], [68], [74], [75], [78], [80], [93].
Smith, Major John L., [58].
“Songo,” 27-[28], [30], [37], [42].
Stevens, Lieut. I. I., [63], [70], [72].
Stuart, “Jimmie,” [14], [73]-[74], [75]-[76], [78].
Swift, Capt. A. J., [2], [7], [11], [16], [55].
Tamaulipas, [51].
Tampico, [50]-[51].
Taylor, Gen. Zachary, [22] (note), [44].
Totten, Col. Joseph G., [2], [57]-[58], [61]-[62], [64], [66], [70].
Tower, Lieut. Z. B., [67], [78]-[81].
Twiggs, Gen. David E., [47], [48], [52], [56], [74], [79], [80], [82], [87]-[90].
Vera Cruz, siege of, [53]-[73].
Vergera, [74], [75].
Victoria, [43]-[46].
Vinton, Capt. John R., [58], [68].
Volunteers, [16], [18], [28]-[29], [36], [38]-[39], [43], [80].
Walker, Sears Cook, [1].
Waterhouse, Major, [36].
Williams, Seth, [15]-[16], [32].
Worth, Gen. William J., [52] (note), [53], [56], [58], [74], [75], [77], [78], [80], [86], [89], [90], [92].
Wynkoop, Col. Francis M., [82], [84], [86]-[87].

FOOTNOTES:

[1] In a letter to his brother “Tom” dated West Point, September 22, 1846, McClellan wrote: “We start with about 75 men—the best Company (so Gen’l. Scott and Col. Totten both say) in the service. All Americans—all young—all intelligent—all anxious, very eager for the campaign—and above all, well drilled. If the Lord and Santa Anna will only condescend to give us a chance—I’ll be most confoundedly mistaken if we don’t thrash them ‘some’.” (McClellan Papers, Vol. I.)

[2] Gustavus W. Smith was one of McClellan’s most intimate friends and was known by him by the nickname of “Legs.” He was born in Scott Co., Kentucky, on January 1, 1822. He died in New York on June 23, 1896. Smith graduated from West Point in 1842. He entered the Confederate Army in 1861 and distinguished himself in the Peninsular Campaign fighting against his old friend at the battles of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks.

[3] A town of some three thousand inhabitants, situated on the river San Juan about three miles above its junction with the Rio Grande. It is about one hundred miles by land from Matamoros. (See Life and Letters of General George Gordon Meade, Vol. I, pages 109 and 119.)

[4] A letter from McClellan to his mother, dated “Camp off Camargo, Mex.,” November 14, 1846, tells her that when he arrived at Matamoros he was taken sick almost immediately. He remained sick for two weeks while there and “whilst on the steamboat thence to Camargo” ... “When we got here I went into hospital quarters whence I emerged yesterday, so that I have had almost a month’s sickness, but now am perfectly well.” He adds, “I would not have missed coming here for the world, now that I am well and recovering my strength, I commence to enjoy the novelty of the affair, and shall have enough to tell you when I return, to fill a dozen books.” (McClellan Papers, Vol. I.)