The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-11-12

FFvm he Bkkimggs AaEFl@h u Ftt1sy'
THE BALTIMORE BATTALION IN THE
BATTLE OF MONTEREY.
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| should lie 10 giSs Jon fsll srrossi
oi Ihs opsrslions Of our Army from ihs
nme ws reached This towa uniil IN go
forced % capilslals. hus hare Lsiihsr The
tine nor The space 10 dssols 10 n. shsll
therefore only SPEAK u The part that gsf
bstlslioa played. iasludlng ths srnonss
thoughts and Esasenossof one ofils nsm-
bers. ysur old friend and humble servant.
On Monday lass. lhs 2lst. lsiisr having
been Under sEms porlapa oil The previous
nlghs sspossd to heavy rain. ~ 7 o.
clock. A. NJ. ~e marched IRON camp wilh
four companies efahs IL. Ialanuy. and a.
asr ~ heer's hard marching. Ne issusd
from eofn6sld directly in front ola Bal
ssfy. o. rather Fort. Of sons ar or se.sn
pieces II artillery. and crawded With IT.
isnsry, shleh opened On 10 The moment
the head of oar column made its appear.
snee. We ~srs within point blank range,
and |, for The first tine, heard The Whist
ling Of shoi. Our battalion vas Immedi-
sIsly formed in line Of ballls under this
ere. and ws we're ordered 10 charge. For
ward l wsnt.vchesting end waving my
sword. and the men esns alter me gaIlsnI-
ly. When ~ilh,n q HUNDRED yards Of the
trenches l looked back 10 see Who was
following, bang anxious 10 know the men.
Judge oil my as.onshmsni when | bsheld
the four eonpsniss Of regulars marching
by flank 10 The ngh. sa~ Col. Wat.
son shouting. but % 10 hesring . COM
msnd, tha. was an impOssiblliIy. owing
10 The dsafsning roar Of the cannon and
musketry. | saw the head OF our line
changing i,s direction. and knew al once
tina, the point ~ a'tacx vas rhspged. and
ran o. ihe head Of my company 10 inter.
cepl tho head Of The column. | reached
just IS Col. Watson vas dismounling
IRON bis horse. which the next moment
fell from sho.. The Colonel cried oul
to The men" Shelter yourselves, men.
the best ~ay you can" A, thls time The
Bsmslion vas scstiersd over Q space oil
about an acre. and the men were lying
do~n, The sho. IN most instances dying
over our heads; and The guns were coon de-
pressed. and the shol began 10 take effect
Twas lying close TO Colonel Watson,
alongside Of Q hedge, when be jumped up
and cried oui, "Now's the time, boys.
follow me-" | was up and alter him IN .
secoud. my men following me. We were
nov IN street or lane with few house.
on either side. and within hundred yards
OF three batteries which completely rsked
u. In addition to which Two twslve pound
guns we're planted in the Css,ls on The
right. aud completely en6Iadsd The whole
disssnca We had to make. Add 10 this
The thousand muskesesrs on the house.
tops and The barbados q, the head of the
street up which ne advanced. and o,
every cross street. and you may form
some idea OF the deIuge Of balls poured
upon Us. Bear in mind thu, the four
companies Of regulars we're oow wi,h W,
the one inserminglsd with the o,her.) 0u-
ward We zen, rsn and horses falling at
every siep. Cheers, shrieks. grosn, and
words Of command 'sdded 10 the din.
sh'ls, The roar Of the guns vas absolute.
ly dssIening.
We had advanced up lhe street under
this awful and fatal fire nearly .wo hun
drrd yar'ls. when we rsached . cross
street at The corner Of which all who had
succeeded in gs,nng this far sl,vr, hsl'ed.
ss II BY mutual consen. | ~as shaking
Col. Watson by The hand. whilst he was
eompllmenling mo. when a shower OF
grape. r"und and canister shot came from
the conner above. and five officers Tell. and
| DO not know how manv pri's,es. Earh
man sough. some place efsppsren, shelter.
sat down on The ground with my back
to The vail Of house. On nv left we're
two men torn neatly to piece. Ono of
them vas lying fiat on bis back with his
legs extending father 10 the street than
nine. Clash came another shower OF
grape, which tore one Of his wounded
legs n."rly of. He reared up and shrek.
ed sns Eel! back corpse. Iuever MOT.
ed. 10. was satisfied ,ha one place was
a. sale a. another. Directly opposite 10
me WIS my Breve. I'd Lieut., Aisqni.h; on
the tight hand corner YVES Leu. Bowie,
also Of nv company; and close to the eat
Colonel Watson, and Adj't Schafer, 10 =
faw n,nu,es saw orr color Sergeant. old