Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-10-31
Incidents at the Battle.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.


been despatched to this place on public business
As return tomorrow, have cnly time TO say
| one word.
The entire loss in our Battalion, Baltimore
is s killed, and, as an, informed, 16 wounded
all slightly bnt one. have seen none eth.
erof the killed or wounded, and therefore eau.
not give names
Col Watson was killed in the imprudent
charge ordered by Gen Butler. He was at the
head Of the Battalion and had ordered Ms TO 20
inlo the charge with three cheers. lie recei.
we'd ball in the breast while in the act of chez.
ring. and fell instantly. I tried 10 get to him.
but was borne IN in the rush. The charge was
Intellectual. At this moment Gen Taylor rode
up in gren, anger and ordered us to retire.
! Old Rough came up under the most tremen.
dous fire. II was here his horse was shot. 1t
is suid there were angry words passed between
him and Butler.
Capt. Stewart now took command, and said,
Boys. your Colonel ia killed, don't run, show
those d-d red skins that although you are or.
dered to retire, you intend to nalk" With this
! he shock his fist at them and damned them pret.
~ considerable. Our entire ltss will not be
much shor, Of 500 to 0OC killed and wounded !;
the enemy the same.
There is no doub, now but that Ampudia will
be reinforced in about one month by 10000
men. They will be under Santa Anna.
We must have 10000 more volunteers
mark that. Yours, M
The following s also from Baltimore vo.
lun,eer and g - some interesting details that
we have no, before met with.
MONTEREY, (Mexico.) Sept 81, 1916.
Messrs. Editors II have but a few leisure
moments TO give you an account Of our great
hattie at Monterey. On The morning Of the 2lst
Gen. Tnylur formed his irc for battle, and mar.
chcd up to the outskirts and Notifications of the
town, keeping une bomb and bis artillery bate.
ry going all The time The Mexican. con,n.
ued TO fire On US all day. but with no effect
Gen. Worth on one side Of the town, with
Col Jack Hays and Capt Walker and the Tex.
an Rangers; and Gen. Taylor and the voun-
tcers on the other, We made our way irto the
streets over their brcas,works, with a heavy loss
on both sides. When we made The first charge,
we lost our gallant Col. Watson The E.l,i
moreans fought bravcy and done credit to their
city. We lost number Of men, but canpo,
give you their names al present.
The Tennessee Ind Mississippi volunteers
were Gu, Up horribly. Kcp;rck did not stand
the fire well, and Ohio gci in a hot place, bu'
som backed out of it. Capt, Barber and CO..
McCuloch, OF Mississippi, also fell mortay
wounded. with a number ofothcr officers. whose
names canr.t remember Some OF the stat
say that oar loss is zoe killed md wounded
but '.nnk there must te at least 1000.
The Texan Rangers are the most desperate
ert OF men in battle that I have ever heard of
f They charged up TO the hseastworks. dsmonn
ted, and rushed over on foot, with sword il
hand. They were each armed with barrelleC
rifles, and. as may be supposed, done great exc
| cu'on a:rnnr the copper skins.
The 3d end 9th regiments of the regular
were much cut M also, from the forty piece,
> OF srliilery which we had 10 silence, as well a.
, the mushs,ry from the house.tops.
, | will relate YOU number of incidents ,ha
occurred during the three days.
Co. McChng, Of Mississippi, the grca, duel
list, got npon the hreastworks, waved his hat
and was in the act of giving three cheers, whel
ball struck him, from lie effects of which b,
has since died. l-
Samuel w. Chambers, one Of the Rangers
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