The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-11-07
News from the Ohio volun.
teers.

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The sCincinnatti Advertiser, of We'd
nesday, contains the following letter
t:om the Army at Monterey, which,
says the editor, we place before an an
xious public, that the loud appreciation
pf the friends Of the gallant solder in
The bloody strife moy no longer be re.
strained. Ohio is vindicated by her
own brave men. The slanderer can
not rob her brave volunteers of the
green laurels they won by their own
.arms-d dearly they earned them --long
may they wear them! Is
September Is, l84s.
HEAD QUARTERs, ARmY or "
DccuPArIoN, BEroRE MoNrEREr.(
Dear Brough My last advices TO
sou were dated Seralvo, 18th instant.
What then told you has proved true.
he ten days have passed, a dreadful
ba.tle has been fought and Monterey
is ours. We arrived at our present
encampment, from three to four miles
from town, about noon the 18th inst.
That day and the night fthe l9thwere
occupied IN accommodating perhaps one
Ct the strongest possible natural posi-
.ionsi made apparently impregnable,
by batteries, bastlons, barricades, and
castles; absolutely covered with heavy
artillery, and defended by at least ten
thousand men. The town is situated
at the foot Of the chain of hills called
the "Sierra Madre," or the mother
chain, and commands the pass upon
the Saltillo road, and is, in fact, the key
of the whole plain from here to the
Gulf;and ifdefence had been successful,
mo further inroad could have been made
by the army Of "occupation" into the
Interior OF Mexico from this direction.
The west end Of the town is defended
by what is called the Bishops Palace,
on a hill of several hundred feet in
height; and mounted with 18 Founders,
commanding the town, and the entire
plain in front, within reach Of its metal.
g'Fhis castle was in turn defended by
three batteries in its rear, on success
sive elevations, sweeping the bill side
in the only direction where approach
was possible, and commanding the Sal
tillc road. The town itself was for
tifcation, or defended by succession
OF forts, running through the whole
town, from east to west, and so ,arrang-
ed that all could range upon each one
east, as they by chance should fall into
our hands, while each Of them could
command the plain in front. The
whole Of these defended by the .Bish.
ops Castle" Batteries were literally
placed at every street corner, sweep
ing the streets in every direction BY
cross fires. You discover, therefore,
The Impossibility Of knowing the resist
ance your infantry would meet with in
the town, after having passed two miles
under torrent Of grape, and l8 pound
shot. raking you in every direction, un-
I'll you found yourself surrounded by
stone walls--and your men falling in
whole ranks around you. The first
step, therefore, was to take the ..Bish-
ops Castle" That once in our pos
session would enable US, effectually. to
attack each fort in succession, upon the
amost vulnerable and least protected
front--as the enemy no doubt had re-
garded that as totally impossible, fully
sbelieving the only attack, with the re-
anlotest hope Of success, would be from
ienstto west--and not from west to
east. TO accomplish this task General
Worth was assigned, with about two
Thousand infantry and couple ofpieces
of Duncan's SIX pound artillery. He
commenced his march from camp about
g12 O'Clock at noon Of the goth, so as to
eeflectually obtain the point in the rear
sof the hill before dark, and in the night
no take up his position on the hill side.
On the morning Of the 10th, The remain
ing regular infantry and all the volun-
teers Of Gen. Buffers division, were
led to the attack on the east end, thus
10 divert ihe forces Of The enemy, for
the relief Of Gen. Worth. Both at
tacks were made about the same time
in the day, say about 9 o'clock A. M.
of The Goth. The conflict was awful
beyond conception. Our whole force
sofinfantry were contending with mus
skets only against stone walls, batteries
and forts, from morning I'LL niahtl---
dreadful was The havoc. The officers
the engagement Of the Sth and 9th,
pronounce il nothing compared with
the horrors of this dreadful day. lido
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