The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927 Page: 279
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The Journal of Captain Isaac L. Baker
August 21st.
We started at ten oclock and by seven in the evening had got
within a league of Mobile when appearance of a Rising storm
drove us into a creek: for harbour where we laid for the night.
The River which from the junction of the Alabama & Tomb [igbee]
[Here the manuscript is torn across the page, on the other side
of the sheet the narrative continues.]
General Ja[ckson]
head quarters in the town of Mobile.20
On the voyage I was much pleased with general Jackson. He
is certainly one of the most accessible men in the world and I
do not believe that he has a fault which does not spring from
warmth of his heart. He took great interest in observing the
soil situation etc of the country adjacent to the Alabama, and
why should he not. It was him who by his indefatigable exer-
tions secured this territory to the Union. His information is ex-
tensive and for a man who still retains so much so much of the
philanthropy of youth his acquaintance with mankind correct and
extensive. There is none of that phlegmatic dross in his compo-
sition which so often envelopes some great strong minds and
renders them difficult to be roused. He is temperate Industrious
and liberal and inclined naturally to be courteous to every man
without respect to grade or condition.
[Here the Journal comes to an end, and there follows an in-
complete sketch of Jackson's career during the summer of 1814,
and some account of his character and the forces under his com-
mand. The style differs slightly from that of earlier entries, but
there is nothing which cannot be explained as the result of his
change of aim and of the conditions under which he was writing.
The Journal is a brief chronicle of the events of each day, noted
while on the march or in temporary camp. The Sketch seems to
have been written from General Headquarters in Mobile during
August or early September, 1814. It is worthy of note that
Baker does not refer to Jackson's later military exploits: there
is no mention of the first Florida campaign nor of the opera-
tions about New Orleans.]
Genl Jackson appointed a iMajor Genl. in the army. The 7th
"Mobile. [Eaton and Reid, Life of General Jackson, page 209. "Cap-
tains Baker and Butler with the regular troops lately enlisted advanced to
Mobile, where they arrived in fourteen days."279
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