The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-20
pEsPATcH FROM GEN. SCOTT.

The Iollo~lps Interesting despslsh ION
6enfral Scotss Hss nxtn rrusiFed n ia
wH DsPsnnsnl. sha efssi.Ily PsIIah.
e.: .-a..
Headgusrtsss 81 he Army,
Plan DEL No. 50 siles frum Nsn cru..
APni ~. 1877.
SIN: The plan Of attack. skekhsd Ia
General 0sdsIs. No. Ill. lpUbli,hsd in
Saturdays Nsiionsl lals Tiger esr,l here.
9Th. "a, finsly executed By this gsllsa,
army btlose 40 o'clock r. NJ. ytssrdsy.
We are quite embarrassed wilh he results
Of ,ieiory-FIisonsrs 81 wsr. hsasy
ordnance. keld batteries. snail AIMS. md
serouirsnenls. About 3.o00 ntn laid
down Ihem srms. wiih The usual proror.
lion pf Geld snd eoupsny officers. be,id,s
Eve generals. sestrsl al them oI great do.
tiHcllon. P,nsop, JUnro. Ia vsgs, No.
riegs. and Ohsudo. A sixth gensr.l. yn.
qusI. Vas killed in defending the bsiny
liowsIl IN The rear Of The shols MsIieln
srmy. the capture Of which gaze us those
glorious resol's.
Our loss. though comparatively sutll
in nunbsrs. has bssn serious. Brigsdiu
Gen. Shields. . commsnder Of srli,ily,
sesl. end talent. 10, lear. ifnoi dead, nor.
tally wounded. ilsis soms Eve miles from
me u ihe moment. Tie field Of open.
lions covered msby niles. broken BY
mouaisins and deep shssns. and have
not report 80 yet from sny division OF
brigade. Twiss,s disison, followtd BY
Sbisldss mos Col. Bsker's) brigade. are
now 81 or near x.lsps, end Woth's d.
visinn 10 in rosie ibnber. 81 ponuing.
wilh good results, % learn. that part Of
the Mexiesn sfmy-peIhsps sir or sewn
thousand men. Who 1ed before opr right
had carried The tower. and gsipsd tho
Xslspa tosd. Pillows brigade alone 10
nesr ns u This depo, 81 wounded, sick,
and prisoners, and I have time only 10
give from him The names OF lsi I.isuisn.
ANTI. D. Nelson, and I'd. q. g. Gill.
both oi The % Tennessee foot, illskeh's
rsgimrn,.l smoog he killed. and IN The
biissds 100. Of all ranks, killed or woun.
ded. Among The LATER ihs gallant BIZ.
eadisr General himself has smsn wound
in The srms, but M, Disabled. snj MAJOR
r. Fuqaeson. % Tennessee; Csp,sin II.
=. Murray. 81 Lieut.. q. ". Sa,hetlsnd.
lal.ieuL w. r. Hale. (sJiu,snl, I'll of,hs
sane regiment. severely. and let Lieut..
w. fsafwood. morally wounded. And
! know. IRON personsl observation on The
ground. that lot Lieutenant Ewsll. Of he
titles, II not now dead. vas MORALLY
wounded. IN rn'ering. sword in hand.
the enirsnchmsnis around the esplure,i
tower. Second Lieut.. Derby. iopogr,phi.
esl Engineers. l also saw atthe sane place,
severely wounded. and Captsin Pauen,
ID Unilsd States infantry. los, his right
hand. Major summer. ID United States
d'sgoons. wss slightly wounded The day
before. and Captsin Johnston. topographI-
cal engineers, (now lieutenant colonel Of
infsnry.) wa, very severely wounded
some days earlier while accommodating.
must moi omit TO sdd that Cspisin Ma'on
and % Lieu,enani Dsss. both OF The rifles.
we're among the very severely wounded
in siorm,ng the sane tower. ! eslImais
our total los., in killed and wounded. may
be about $50. and that OF The enemy $50.
ln The pursul, towards Xalapa 10 miles
hence) learn we have added much TO me
enemys Ioss in prisoners. killed. sna
wounded. In fact, suppose his ieuesl'0g
army 10 be nearly disore and henes
my haste 10 follow. 10 % hour OF Two, 70
profit be events.
10 this hurried and imperfect report
mnsi not omit 10 say that Brigadet 1ene'
raI Tw,ggs. IN passing the moun'.'a
range beyond Ceno Gordo. crowned WI"
the tower. detached from his DIVISION I"
| suggested the day before, strong 'otes
10 carry iha, height. which cnmmandeu
the Xalspa road 81 The font, and could "o'
fell, " carried. 10 eul of whole. or s"y
part OF the enemy's forces from reue"
m any direction. A portion OF The Is, az
,iIletv, under the acknowledgement b,s'
vet Colonel Childs. the Sd infantry, onoe'
Capt. Alexander. the 7lh infantry. ono.'
Lieutenant Colonel Ply m,on, and me =,
1es. under Major I.onng, oil nndef 'ns
temporary command oi Colonel Hs'ney'
I'd dragons, during the confinement !"
his bed of Brese, Brieadisr General T. ,r r..
Smith. composed that detachment. n'
81, lie Of execution, sh,ch | had the P'e'
cure TO witness. was most brilliant s"u
decisive. The brigade ascended the 'onk
and difficult slope Of Cstro (ord", "n w..
out ehel,ef, and under the Tremendous wv
of artillery and muskety. with The p'mo''
s,eadinss., reached the tress,works, drove
the enemy from them, planted The co'0''
~ the 1t artillery, 81 and 7lh In'sn"y
the enemy's Gag s,ill ny'ns--ann' Wv"
some minntes ui sharp irirg, ha'shea Wv
souqne., with he ta,ore'.