Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-10-04

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the Mexican position sSus break. AMI with which
GOULD not with ~ interfere lhi. cast upon NY e'n-
ma nj hs necessity & hiding the pst "a evacuated hy
Gems. which lheai.ied ~ tie eraf9 = A., Icy
and Infantry the rghi, aud lsisa 'fea Il ma lawn
~ on the LETT.
aku, da break the enemy opened w sh fir IF rrspn
AM vund sbol upon The eluIet and village IA whl#h oy
Brigade pase and ssp upaa A pin Il or own
troops displayed 10 diven HIN on he right AMI ront. ev
denly unaware ofthe mosemea ~ II grs' - ufa hiN
pns ton b. the ha sr, rear. THIS ciunued mil tni'
Rsy'. Brigade opened its Are upn The rrar winch was
delivered with such terrible eii 81. that The "h Men
car force vas thrown int The nlulnst CONSERVATION
At hi. jnncu. Ionlered The regiments AMI
tn hfow themselves on the IN M r1ad, hy which the 60
emy must reire intercept and cut a his retreat; and
shourh officers and men had suffered severely during
the mach II the night and tom exp sure whitman sl'"
tefur cover the gr taJ hreak. his
movement WIS executed N gaad ar1'r ani with rlpdy
The Pameno RoIim n, crossing derP ra'ne. depl1y-
cd IN both SIDES the ad, aud p ned must desartve
FIRE upn The minpe led ~ infantry aud cavalry.
and the New York regimrnt. II nghl Ia lower down.
and ON the rad side. delivered s tire with lik. efert
At this point many Il the eneny r. " led aud wound
3D. and sumo 365 captured 4 which % wrfe 0Gif's,
and sul,ng the latter was Con \ hobs Mend 81.
In lho mean 'imr. the catmt's cayiy about 3.0pb
strong, VIII Oh had hee1 threaten ~, pfse dur
tie morning moved down rds go4d 6fd-f as a.
attack lmnl,d ae,y recalled h lof,nuy TO pace then
Ia pei ian IN ths-,teled movement. lut s1u
tie cavalry changed lis dtee ion, and reitd awaris
III. capital lnlw received the order ft,n G=n TWges
Ia ad gancs by tho main rold tnwaris NJ l nd having
pasted Capt M1rshas conpaay So. a. Klanrers,
Cap' Taylots company Nov ifk Vol .fs IN ,'hatge
Of The prisoners aud wounded. novel u YIN tn
msinder Of my fHcr auj lined The post rfsh % and
Sd VISIONS air ady route on thu uaH ad. On this
march We woro 10 ned by The & neral IN Chef WIN as
sumed the Command Of the Whole; aud he III lrch
ned uninterrupted until arrived brfDtr Ghnrnblsro
Here he chrny WIS fn d strongly fortified and posted
with b. ma n tlrrc, probably near 5000 The engage
mnnt WIS cam nrncrd by Tho 5000 d division unlrr
Twiegs. sun iacd by the frs, aud Wnnh. aid " $
h"c rng general wh,p va. de' ed By the CDnman
der in Chief. with my two Regiments. and Pierre. bri-
ade. tho Oh, l2th and 9Th, with he mouaed ho~ilz
er battery, and urierc T. galn 1sou If possible 10 al
tack the enemy rear and intercept bis retreat
Leaving Ironcp bya rll hand ad. and moving a.
b)ul mile upon it, ! muvefihcnce with my command
towards he right through heavy field, and gam
cd an open but swampy fed, in which Is silla ed
N. hacienda do las 7 riales; ON the ,dge # iii.
seld. he,ond INC hacienda. | discovered the r,al by
which thu enemy must tetifc from Churnblsca and
fund his reserve of about 1000 Infantry occupied il
just Inrear ofre iowa A my command arrived | os-
tablished the right npnn pnnt recommended by Capt
Lee. an engHrcr OFF cr IN whose skin and management
hal TIL ntnfrt c1uhd n -. and commonce /, move
ment 10 the In, t. flank th sno NY on his fiph and
thfaw my troops between him aud the ciiy Bur fin ~
ht' ghl sup rcd ~ heavy bdy of cavalry 81 80 9
",
swered tony movement y oue'ponIhg ine Iowa d,
his iiink. gaining ground tisier than c.ud. owmr IT,
The heavy mnd swamp TN 1ueh which had 10 operate
withdrew Inc men To the elTet Of the hacienda De ~
mined Ia attack hlm upih his front
selected the Palmetto Il gimeni the |. So of my
hne, and tins gallant Regiment moved fruarl FINN,
and rpiel) under fire OF muskotry as terrible g hap.
rs any winch soldiers ever faced Tic New y III I.ih
and i.depayci CALAMITY the rght and the Q h ON
NE i'i, aef the whole advance opening iheif fir
as they came mp. and moving steadily forward the en-.
emY heg To waver, and when my order 10 cha DC was
siven tho men rushed upon and scattered his 6rl,o
ranks Il Ne reached the r5ad the advance Of Worlh',
command appeared, dryn. the enemy from the str .np
hold u Ghnuhusro. ,nok command oflhe front. and
continued IN pursuit until passed by Hatney with
'aVat "ho oiored The routed foe into the yer, ties
OF ;ho ri Y
In this terrible battle In which strongly rife
enemy fought behind his works. unlsr III, walls of
capital. aur la'sls necessarily severe; the loss rpuro
10 say, has fen most severely upon my 80 nlnand f.
the two fcglmenisut my avn Brande, numbering ahni
ptp IN The fgh, lhe lssis reported 2i0 IN killed e
wannfed Pieces brigade. under my command IN the
action lost considerable tulnbrr in xii ed and wlunlr
Amongst the latter wa The gallant Cot VI nan of IN
10Th Ills command having ri joined liz diYsiln Inn NJ,
diately after the action have yet received M m
report ri It's lss. particular and deials repat of m
loss. as ais, of the prisoners captured hv the mn,p1
accompanies this report. In this last cugaren.n IN,
com nand captured $50 prisoners, ncu ling 81 III er.
OF this nnmher ~ had deserted from the America arm,
during the war, and at their head vas nn In no,ri
oRiley, who had fought against our troops at nf,fe
and elsewhere. IL cl sing lhs report hee eave /, Of
Ter my thank to the macy gallant onicers of my com
mahd or their jealous and fearless supp n darnu M
conflict. To Col. Burnett and the 1t Col Of The Now
York Noluntcers-to 1t. Col Dickinson and Mai,
GLADDEN. of the South Carolina Nuun s,rs. IA ala, +
mlny af,heit gallant sub rdnatcs every r-ai.e is .
Vol Burnett was severely wounded the head + n,
Regiment, and 1t, Col. Dekios also severely wound
ed whsl IN conn and of hs Regiment and brarinr ol
lantly forward the col rs Il his corps Nv hanLs ar
due To the Medical staff of ihcconm,nl: DIR HaIs-,,
and Nlebihhn Of he New Aerk and nrs { lark am
Bland of thr South Carolina Rrsimeul as ais Ia Do,
or S"nl, l. ~, for then attention To the wuund
ed.
II all rds me pleasure (and hut perform nv dot,
ol IN "lcdging nav great obligation to Captain r
r. Lee, as ai~l 10 my particular STAFF Clpt r. n Paw
A. \ u, II. X. Z. iiammuud 81 Aril,ty A D. {
Snd 1t i NJ Davis, e Illinois, .r' y s,d for the,
gallant services and fearless exp sn- M ur,oipg m,
f"ps, and conveying my orders during me different on
gageinenis II. Il VIE. COMMANDING Hn,lz,r battery
deserves great credit Tor the madison. manner in wbc
he brought his guns into action aud continued 10 ser,
Them hg respectfully, through the General of dlyis
nn To ask or these gentlemen The favorable notice
me Goinmander-ln Chief, and recommend them To th
! Pfrndent L. Shubprck, of the Navy who acconn,
nlrd me- attached himself to The Palmetto Regiment ,
ms hauFe State and fought n lis ranks and is spoken
"ahasohely IN the rtp"r 81 lis commander Whilst thin
lehJoyhg The pleasure of hesiowirg my colnmendoli .,
/ upon the living, turn with telling Of sorrow ,bnnoi
WIN PRIDE, to rocnllect the g,lltut dead It. Adam
ana l@ss, ofthe South tarolina Regiment. are o
these gallant dead BY yielding III ir lives 10 ,cbiev
this glorious victory they have won the soldiers fam,
with soldiers dea h.
The noble and gallant Colonel If III. South C,,H.