The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-12-08

cIt'zcns-whcn they come to us we were in
that Santa Anna had cvac,l ,tcl the
city during the night with all his troops anal
10: us TO come in AMI take pcaccablc pos
session. General Quitman ordered his
division to be Immediately formed, and he
was the first to plant the stars and stripe:
upon the National Palace.
Thhs have finished brief sketch o
two OF the most glorious battles that have
been fought i'll Mexico. Our loss in tho
Regiment has been FL killed and G7 woun
ded. Our loss in the whole army has been
abont 500 killed ard woundcd, that Of tn,
Mcxicans about $500 and about 1000 pri-
soners besides an Immense quantity Of arms
aH'tni,ion and public property Generals
Oaitman and Shields have added new lau
rcls TO their brows for their gallan,ry and
Gencralship. General Scott from the time
lac Ell cred the Valley Of Mexico to the taking
ol the city has proven that he is the first
General ofthe age. The Palmetto Rcgi-
ncnt is the tavoritc Of the army and VIC
arc taLen by hand wherever we go-l feel
proud that | am a Carolnian and that |
belonged to the Palmetto Regimcn,-Leut
iSellccl horc himself through the whole
struggle gallanily AMI was wounded in the
leg at the Garita. The commissioned
officers and privatcs of my Company has by
'hcir coolncss and gallan,ry "crcct.d for
themselves z monument mar, l.. 4: n ii.,
that, that can be made by human hands, u
| can speae we'll for all that was cngaged
i'll the battles, (22 in numbcr) and particu-
larly Sergeant Higgins, Privates J. \. Nor
wool, Caldwell, James, Wallace &c.
James Caldwell has shown that he is a c.ip
off cold ocls, he par,icul ,rlv attracted
my attention for his GOODNESS while in the
different charges. Since VIC have been in
the city he has had il severe attack of dys-
cntcry but has now recovered in great
measure; but it will be some time before he
is fit for duty The day after Edwards
death [ had Richard moved up to my room
who forgot to tell you was severely wound
cd in the knee, at the fort, he is doing well
and think w,ll be abb, to wall, about in
three wceks-Caldwcll is also with me,
giving Richard every attention.
A train will start about the first of next
month with which | should like to have
sent Richard and james Caldwell, but it
would have been risking his life, under
stanI another train will start in the course
Of Il month, with which intend TO send
Richard and James-and perhaps some
others. AS for myself intend to stay as
long as there is one man to command ol
the Abbevillc Vountcers-I brought them
here and | intend to carry them nome il
spared to do so.
have lost since left home twentvsix
men by ordinary deaths and four killed in
battle and also seven woundcd-I lost
James Lamb while in Puebla, he was an
excellent soldier and always ready TO do
his duty-I left fourteen sick in l'uebla,
and half of that number I fear will never
recover, although l have lost SO many We.
my company is the second Company in the
Regiment. Just think o(the time when we
left our State with over a thousand effective
men and now count our ranks, you will find
one hundred and forty-two fit for duty and
ninety sick in the hospital. The hand o
God has laid hcavily upon US, I" but His
will be done and not ours"
From the tone of some of the papers that
are published i'll the city, see that the Mex
leans are becoming very much alarmed as to
what will be the policy that our Govern
ment will pursue towards them, now we
arc in possession of their Capital. They
anticipate from the great quantity Of troops
now coming into the country, that it is our
intention to occupy the country-an idea
that oughtto have been impressed on them a
the beginning of this war, for, from what l
have seen and know of this people, we
must change our policy from this lenien.
system, and make war support war. This
then will fall heavily upon the church par
ty which are our worst enemies as well as
upon the landed proprietors. The Priests
arc also becOmiur alarmed fnr fanr th al