Articles of capitulation were soon agreed upon by the two commanders, and committed to writing with the necessary signatures and formalities. The articles were, that in considerntion of our surrende1·ing, our lives should be ensured, our personal property re- stored, and we were to be treated, in all respects, as prisoners of war are treated among enlightened na- tions. We also received a verbal promise to be sent, in eight days, to the nearest port, to be transported to tlie United States. The main body of the prisoners were marched back to the fort at Goliad in the afternoon of the same day; but the Colonel, Dr. Barnard and myself, encamped upon the ground. In the morning, Colonel Halsinger, who was left in command of the guard, inquired of the Colonel which was his best surgeon. As I was standing near, be pointed towards me, and said he believed I was as good as any. I was then ordered to follow a carriage, in which ,vere placed two w0tmded l\Iexican officers, whom I followed on foot. When I entered the fort, I was taken to the church, where our prisoners were confined, and thrust in among them; though there was not room for more than two-thirds to sit at the same time. Here our only resting place was the bare ground, offensive with filth; Mexican churches being without floors, or any marks of cleanliness. I was soon called for by Col. Halsinger, and put in a house
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