P. H. Sheridan Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals 6/11 PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANT--CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF MEXICO--THE ARMY--MEXICAN SOLDIERS--PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. TREATY OF PEACE--MEXICAN BULL FIGHTS--REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER--TRIP TO POPOCATAPETL--TRIP TO THE CAVES OF MEXICO. RETURN OF THE ARMY--MARRIAGE--ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC COAST -- CROSSING THE ISTHMUS--ARRIVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO--EARLY CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCES--LIFE ON THE PACIFIC COAST--PROMOTED CAPTAIN--FLUSH TIMES IN CALIFORNIA. RESIGNATION--PRIVATE LIFE--LIFE AT GALENA--THE COMING CRISIS. |