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Taylor's Trail in Texas
icled the crossing of the Colorado, where General Taylor had
the banks cut down for the passage of the wagon train that fol-
lowed. It was at the Colorado where Taylor's forces met their
first resistance.38 Henry's column crossed the river at the Paso
Real, or General Taylor's Crossing.
Sunday, March 22, was a day of rest for the army while it
awaited the arrival of the ox teams bringing up the rear. The
army was concentrated at a camp about four miles south of
Paso Real. Hearing that Point Isabel was occupied by the en-
emy, General Taylor changed his original intention of march-
ing directly upon Matamoros and decided to advance upon the
Point."3
On March 23, the order of march was in four columns abreast
of each other; the dragoons on the right, the 3rd Brigade on the
left, and the other two in between. On March 24, the columns
narrowed again to go through a mesquite wilderness. Emerging
from the mesquite after a march of three miles, the army again
came upon open prairie. At a road junction near Rancho San
Juan del Retiro, the command was halted, and all the empty
wagons started for Point Isabel to obtain subsistence stores which
were due by ship. General Taylor and an escort of the 2nd Dra-
goons accompanied the wagons. General Worth marched the
main command in the direction of Matamoros and encamped
twelve miles from the Rio Grande.40
On March 25, General Worth moved the camp three miles to
Palo Alto and there awaited the arrival of General Taylor, who,
with the dragoons and staff, arrived on March 27. Taylor re-
sumed command of the main army and issued orders to advance
the next day to the Rio Grande, which was about nine miles
away.41
Henry marked down March 28 in his diary as "A day not
easily forgotten." After a short march of three hours' duration,
the Army of Occupation reached the Rio Grande at 1:00oo A.M.42
Thus, after a twenty-day journey covering 174 miles, General
8Ibid., 58-60.
3"Ibid., 6o-61.
"Olbid., 61-63.
41Ibid., 63-64.
"lbid., 64-65.
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