In obedience to orders, in March, 1846, he planted his troops on the Rio Grande opposite matamoros.
"The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An Address"
Abraham Lincoln
Captain Hancock not only volunteered to take me as his guest to matamoros, but also to take a Texan merchant, whose acquaintance I had made in the Atrato.
"Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863"
Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle
M'Carthy was to follow in the evening to matamoros.
"Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863"
Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle