March 27, 1861 Tri-Weekly Alamo Express , San Antonio, TX
Our dull and gloomy city was enlivened by a pleasant and stiring event on Tuesday last; some four companies of the 3d, Infantry, Maj. Brooks in command, passed through our city with the flag of our country flying gaily on the breeze and the fife and drums playing ‘Yankee Doodle’; they were saluted with many a warm cheer, and many a curse fell upon the heads of those who have “precipitated” our state out of the Union. The troops were accompanied by a long train of waggons.