Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-29
aoNeaHpMENT OF FORT BROW

few" of his frends-noi TOT me puu'.e ~ air ~
reader will on this account eAeuse a;scnssed
levily with which serious ina.eis az ~ hnmor
IIndar ali his exuberance Of fun ana nui''"' ;
MO do assurc The reader that the WIiter oed'e "
hear which beats with every generous ana ,,ia a.
Iy ;mnnIse and he is fully snizaul vi On 'ne
sober realizes Of the service IN which nc . 81
gagged: os,-s M,r.NoR.s.
May b. 1916.
Since he evening OF The 9th nothing has Trans
n;red here. You may know, ere 1his, ma d.,,
saye The Mexicans Jesse on me on, t,rt
Gen TAYLOR after establishing ms IN Intan,ry
ard ,wo Artillery companies in il, WIN ins,lur,
,;nns - defend ii 10 The death; ne then iet WIN
,%n rcmainder ofhs force for Brazos santiago lot
smnnl;es and with the hope that the TWO Iio,'d :
Su!b;cb be had ordered six months ago. hau ar-
1sraa F,on, Washington, and also TO bring Up am-
''S;,;on anonuh for our lS-pounders 10 pa1er
S a Ws,amoras. Gen t. and command ieil on
L IT, -, This month On the morning OF me %,
a, DAYLIGHT The Mcxicans opened theif oducIn'
/ IN onr lori, or rather our grand enueie'.e ~,
f,om that moment i was right hot WORK un' ~ :
o'clock when both parties hat 10 cease un.ii t''' :,
eno. woud cool Were you ever shot al IN rom
.,,,h l1.nonpder, in the flank by 6 FOUNDER
,nJ : shell directed 10 burst over your mead u
nortry il. iu>, 10 properly enjoy brandy louoY
ale he Gun cooling begins. Well alter me re-
f,e.bm.n,s The ball continued varied only oy a ~
lie more vndclale ooscness and wlu-co'', co'iie'-
like living fshels twas only % minu es ai'ef We
commenced our fire before one oil our 10 pouuu so'
struck their 10 pound cannon directly IN Inc muzze
and knocked il head, back and stomach ihlo INC
air about 20 feet, and it was accompanied oy
leos heads and arms. Seven Mexican oihceIs
were wounded and eight privates, who were
around their piece, killed. we nave no' heaiu
| from their I2.pounders since, and so hot was
,he little fort in which it had been placed, lna'
,bev were compelled 10 abandon It, when Inc
sr., fire came. / rushed into my tent and JeTked
nm my rife and as stepped ont a9-pouhd shoI
s,ruck nv enl al The head Of my bed ranged
The whole length OF my bed, cut OF me oacs
upright pole, passed out the back part through
,,yo other tents and then buried itself IN The para
net I'm glad was not 'caush mapping
In The first halt hour a Sergeant oil captain
.ec,s COMPANY was killed; he was carried over
10 The hospital tent, (fuli OF sick,) ana Directly
a!jer he was laid on bed, oomo she'' was
,hrovl through the Top OF the tent, MI near .lle
bed burs, aud blew the dead mans heau on WIN
out injurne any one else. oh W,uiesur ,,. -.
Gin Nav and Sd day OF the bombardment, MAJOR
Brown was struck on the leg with mb-shel
and his leo had 10 be ampu,aied-he died on iheJ,h
| These are the only two we have lost during me
/ whole of the hombardmenl, which commenced on
| Sunday. the Sd and lasted. with LILLE 'nierms>ion
| day and nich, until the mex, Saturday al dark
| During this lime the enemy had thrown about 3oo,
| ,bors-solid and shel-amonssi US. II is ncred
| ibIr ina, the damage should have been so slight
Finding we could not dsmount their mortar
they being sunk in the ground, with thick en-
| bankments in front-and having only about lOC
rounds OF ammunition 70 or cannon, We Wen' , y
work 10 throw up a KIM oi @u'Posaiy oono
proc! shelter, oy taxing oui re ~ PIN, 10y
ing sticks OF wood across mem, dhu 'nloM'nS "
six feet oil earth upon 'hal. hese we yum :"
points in the fort where they would be convenlen
! Tor The men; and when we sa" the smoke IRON
i their guns, every one would iall from me Pafape
and " hole" When we would see sheil coming
we would fall upon The ground, as Inc expo
sion generally takes piace uP"aluS. ne '''A,
| leans thought they had kieu nearly an oi u; d.
they were under The impression 'ha' an VINO isi
were shot go
twas very u'ssus'ihs ~ s'"i' alu :. ~. ~ 80, ~
all round, anu no, " doic - ~" :" -
force ana virtue, ou', h''o". - Ill,
was scarce, we reserved y t'l' '"e ueI'n
should come on we were ~ MP "as a,.e,
reasonable time oil ooihDaiuins, 'ne "uu..
attempt 10 storm US lwo VI M ....''
made, but they could mol oe Diousl' ~ 'nc
4
every point OF their WoihS. ocneIai 10y ~
orders TO Us were 10 MAINTAIN :".s PJS' a.u iU
pretend 10 make any saiiy' OF ~" ~ VIC ieas. ~
| position here; oul III easy We - sl"I
after he eli, mat sigma SuhS shoui.' - "4Su !"
certain intervals, wnich wou'u hV',t9 49, ~" -
fact neapSS Ar BGf XiS at Font fSanci. tji,m,
~ H., General commenced his march with In
rain Of provisions, and when about twelve mile
rom here he saw The enemy in position. III
;,,,oJ;a,elv "walked into their affections" w
n ,a.s 10 e!;ng Of cannon on both sides and dis
Ill, ,ha volIevs of muskelry. We knew vel
-, !, was The General poking il into their shor
r;hs Wehad then stopped 10 ''licker," bu, at h
60, o,n we snrupe 10 our parapels. opened GU
na,,ar;as and ior one hour we had the preities
1;,le cannon febl that ever a man beheld. The,
,,." ne oun for gun, while we sluns at then
ss,he besl The shop contained"
Ppt wait toreo, one thing: On the first Wed
oasdav after The bombardmen, had lasted hle
d.vs The enemy "sounded parlcy." NIaju
Ssa,rell and Lieutenant Bri,ion were ordered Il
80 an, AMI ser wha, they wanted. They did Sc
80 no Nexcans demanded The surrender q
' ~" 80, ~, mIr b,,.ont,i, solsn They cave II
"na Nan, 10 Surrender or they wonId m, u
IN om - ,he sword They hronph, ne y leue
- g.. canar,l Aris,a n orr commanding Office,
I'm officer Cam Hawkins brow
IA toan sho, ;ne, hefor. had connciI of wa
,aIiod and la no nres,med ve wer. nnanimon
on n' snrb noinls but lha, he would put The matte
~ vo,e ss 10 heir feelings The vote of IN
, vonnges, member wa, raken first. and so O
;ybronsbo,, This wa, The unanimous vote :
"netSnJ he Mace 10 The dea,h.n Gen. Artist
was in Ihirlv minutes replied 10 as follows: Tina
we had received his humane communication, bu
M, understanding periec,ly the Spanish aneuae,
: we were doubtful il we had Understood exacll
his meaning. bu,. from all we could understand
he had proposed that we give him possession {
his place. or we would all be pu to the sword i
one hour: if This was the proper understanding
we would respectfully decline The proposition
and "took this opportunity TO assure his Excellen
cv Of our distinguished consideration" Aile
The reception Of this by his "Excellency" il Jus
: rained balls The different morlars kept lw
: psir of "saddlebags" in The air all the time va
ried only by their 6 and 4-pounders. Bul in III
!, midst of III the storm The Star Spangled Banne
sill noa,ed on our breast-works, at the pon
where they directed their strongest efforts; and
took onl our two resimental colors and plane
Them on different paris of The wall This fir
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