[2691] [ERWIN 'to GREEN]
April 10th 1836
To Genl. T. J. Green Dear Sir:
I have this day recd. through . you and accept the appointment of Surgeon of the Second Regiment of your_ Brigade in the Army of Texas · Very respectfully Your obt. svt. Thos. K. Erwin [addressed] Genl. T. J. Green Present
(2692] [GIDDINGS to GIDDINGS]
Texas, Four Miles from Headquarters, April 10, 1836.
Dear Parents:
Since I last wrote you I have been engaged in arranging an expedition against the Indians, who have commitled many depredations against the frontier. On my return to the settlements, I learned that our country was again invaded by a merciless horde of Mexicans, who were waging war of extermination against. the inhabitants. A call was made for all friends of humanity to ri~ in arms and resist the foe. Men were panicstricken and fled, leaving their all behind them. I could not reconcile it to my feelings to leave Texas without an effort to save it. Accordingly, I bent my course for the army and arrived last evening al this place. I shall enter camp this morning as a volunteer. The army, commanded by General Houston, is lying on the west side of the Brazos, 20 miles from San Fellippe. The enemy is in that place waiting an attack. It is reported Houston will attack them in the morning. What will be the result, or the fate of Texas, is hid in the bowels of futurity. Yet, I think we are engaged in the cause of justice, and hope the God of battles will protectus. The enemy's course has been the most bloody that has ever heen recorded on the page of history.
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