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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 1: early recollections of California. 1846-1848. (search)
had been ordered to California; that Colonel John D. Stevenson was coming out to California with a fficers on the hill, where we had a mess. Stevenson's regiment reached San Francisco Bay early iany (Brackett's) at Sonoma; three, under Colonel Stevenson, at Monterey; and three, under Lieutenancourse this was most agreeable to me. Two of Stevenson's companies, with the headquarters and the crmaster and commissary. Naglee's company of Stevenson's regiment had been mounted and was sent outm was a classmate of mine, had come out with Stevenson's regiment as quartermaster, and was at the ad already been occupied by two companies of Stevenson's regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Burton,rey; Lippett's company at Santa Barbara; Colonel Stevenson, with one company of his regiment, and ty his fortune, and the volunteer regiment of Stevenson's would have deserted en masse, had the men re at once made for the muster-out of all of Stevenson's regiment, and our military forces were thu[3 more...]
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 2: early recollections of California--(continued). 1849-1850. (search)
n concluded to send their families back to the United States, and afterward we menfolks could take to camp and live on our rations. The Second Infantry had arrived, and had been distributed, four companies to Monterey, and the rest somewhat as Stevenson's regiment had been. A. J. Smith's company of dragoons was sent up to Sonoma, whither General Smith had resolved to move our headquarters. On the steamer which sailed about May 1st (I think the California), we embarked, the ladies for home aner one of General Smith's regular aides-de-camp. As there was very little to do, General Smith encouraged us to go into any business that would enable us to make money. R. P. Hammond, James Blair, and I, made a contract to survey for Colonel J. D. Stevenson his newly-projected city of New York of the Pacific, situated at the mouth of the San Joaquin River. The contract embraced, also, the making of soundings and the marking out of a channel through Suisun Bay. We hired, in San Francisco,