The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-05-14
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r"cid'nts NJ Baenn Vista.
The Matamoros flag gives the fol-
lowing incidents of tie battlefield
of Buena Vista. The heroes of it
are the veteran Mississippians, led
Col. Jefferson Davis, and The heroic
act is unequalled; and although no.
act could add to the reputation Of
tins gallant regiment, it serves to
show the stuff they are made Of
Drs. Bennett of Covington, Ky.
and Carson of Port Gibson, Miss,
stood sponsors-"all of which they
saw, and part of which they were .
The lst Mississippi regiment, rn-
der command of Col. Jefferson Da-
Wis, coated itself over with immortal
glory. Originally it numbered $50
some odd, but suddenly transferred
from the comforts and genial atmos-
phere of home. to the almost verti-
cal sun of Brazos island last August.
disease made frightful ravages a.
mong the men. What the regiment
lost in this way in conjunction will,
the killed at Monterey, and those
discharged in consequence Of their
wounds, reduced it to considerably
less than four hundred strong. With
this diminished force, (weakened
still more by the extraction of the
Tombigbee and Carroll county COM
panies, which guarded Gen. Tay-
lor's tent) this skeleton regiment
sustained, and repealed with inn
mense slaughter, a charge of three
times their own number of Santa
Annals best lanccrs.
The lancers first Bore down upor
one of the Indiana rcgiments-we
forgot which one-and dispersed it. 4
The Mississippians endeavored to
rally them, but before they could do
so, were in turn themselves charg-
ed, Col. Davis, contrary TO all Gus.
tom, instead of forming in hollow
square, stretched out lis men in the
form of crotchet.-The lancers
came up at rapid gallop, but so
perfectly astonished was, not only
the chief officer, but his men, at SO
strange a mode ofreceiving a charge
of cavalry, that they involuntarily
halted. For few seconds they
gazed upon the unrullled counten-
ances of the rihcmen opposed to
them, but feeling there was no time
to lose, the order ",7dilante :" FLOR
ward was pompiously given. The
crochet was filled in an instant;
and just as they wheeled their horses,
with lanccs set on both prongs, the
intrepid Mississippi Colonel, stand
ing inside the fork, called out,
"B0ys, fire! amt athem ,ciM yo,tr
hnigeS !"
simultaneously with the sharp
crack Of the rifles, deafening shout
went up, and bowie knives and re-
volvers flashed in the direction of
the ncerS,--Strange as it may
seem, many of the lancers were ac-
tuaIly dragged from their horses and
stabbed to death, in this unusual
this splendid body of horse
men were beaten back. Capt. Eus-
mcnt is unpaTallried.EW Whether i
owing 70 The naive dar;,,g or Tho
Colonel's spirit. we leave e2erv one
to draw their own conclusions. II
is due TO the I'D Indiana rcg;mert -
saw. that thew were aT,erw,ras
BROUGHT mn TO snnnort the Miss;ss;n
nj re9iment, and }orobt yalisr,jy
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