...across the country, to Tampa Bay, on litters roughly constructed of poles and hides. This signal victory secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the...May, 1838, was appointed to the chief command of the United-States troops in Florida. Broken bands of Indians, in a high state of exasperation, were for...

...compel the Seminóle Indians to vacate that region and retire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs bv treaty, had promised they should do. The services...the Department of the Southwest. This field embraced lx>uisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana,...

...remote, and in employments so obscure, that his name was unknown beyond the limits of his own immed1ate acquaintance. In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida...United States troops in Florida. After two years of sucl1 wearisome employment amidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor obtained, at his own...

...renowned chieftain, Col Taylor took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. For twenty -four years Col. Taylor was engaged in the defence of the...chief command of the United States troops in Florida. Af'er two years of such wearisome employment amidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor obtained,...

...secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated tc ;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after,...obtained, at his own request, a change of command, c.nd was stationed over the Department of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,...

...secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated te ;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet; and soon after,...obtained, at his own request, a change of command, ¿nd was stationed over the Department of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,...

...secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated to -he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after,...obtained, at his own request, a change of command, ^nd was stationed over the Department of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,...

...secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated to ;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after,...obtained, at his own request, a change of command, uid was stationed over the Department of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,...

...secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated tc -;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after,...obtained, at his own request, a change of command, ;.nd was stationed over the Department of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,...

...secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated tc ;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after,...obtained, at his own request, a change of command, £*nd was stationed over the Department of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,...