The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-11-24
ABBEVlLLE c. H., s. c., NOVEMBER a. 1847.

Churubusco; Col. Dickinson has since
died of wound received in that fight The
Regiment was lead in this last action by
| Maj. GLADDEN., and a more noble fellow I
| have never known.
Before the general attack was made, a
to'l0r~ Hope, or storming party, was organ
lZed. There were seven volunteers from
our Regiment, and three of them from our
Comp@my-Richard Watson, Norwood and
Patrick; Patrick received grape shot
through the head as he mounted the enc
my's breast work; Watson received three
wounds,one of them very severe, but thought
not dangerous Norwood came out without
hurt. Amongst the slain in the other
Companies were Tresvant, from Columbia,
and Lieut.. J. w. Cantey, from Camden {;
in our Company, we lost Patrick and Mat
tison.
After the castle was taken, we had the
choice of two roads: one oflhem comman.
ded by two forts in front and as many on
flank; the other protected by chain of
forts. Gen, Worth lead off OH one of the
roads, Gen. Quitman OH the other, the Pal
metto Regiment being in front. We were
unable to turn any of the forts The road
is built across lake, so we had to stand
square up to it, with water on both sides and
fire in front. The first position was car
ried with out much trouble or loss. The
garlta was much more difficult to take; it
was, however, carried during the evening.
After this, our troops came under the fire of
the citadel, very strong position the
firing on both sides continued without ces.
sation long after night. In the mean time,
Gen. Worth had carried his positions on the
other road, and commenced a lombard
mcnt of the city. Between the two days,
Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna "the
brave commander ola brave and gallant peo-
pie" deserted his capital, carrying with h,m
a iorcc more than twice as large as our ar
my. In the morning q surrender was made
and our troops entered the city. We were
opposed by an unorganizcd mob who kept
up constant fire from the house tops and
corners of the streets for the entire day and
night. Frequent discharges of grape and
canister, with the unerring fire of our Ri.
f1es soon quelled all disturbances. We are
now in quiet possession of the city.
In the battle Of the garita, or Tacubaya
gates, Our loss was very heavy. From our
Company we lost Lieutenant J. B. Moragne
and Devlin. Lieutenant Moragne's loss is
severely felt, he was brave man and a
good officer and as such he possessed the
confidence of his company.
The loss in the Edgefeld Company was
more severe than that in ours Sergeant
Blocker who commanded the company,
young Goode, and one other man were
all killed by the same shot common ball
Lieutenant SeIIeck of our company was
wounded, not severely.
At present ours may be called the or
phan Regiment. Our Colonel and Lieut.
Colonel are dead, and our Major wounded
the Adjutant wounded-the Adjutant acting
in his place wounded, Quarter,Master and
Commissary sick and hardly men enough
fit for duty to protect the sick and wounded
We are in good quarters-whateve may
result from our late victories we know the
present compaign is ended. We have
done all we can do by fighting. l think
there is at present prospect Of a long rest,
and Heaven knows it is much needed.
OCTOBER 7, lS47.-P. S. Since writing
the above we have lost another of our Lieu
tenants-Stewart. 6eileck is recovering.
From the N. @. Pic, llth inst. -
LATER FROM VERA CRUZ.
The Steamship James T., Day Gaptain