The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-13
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fAiggs. q whirli paint lhsfe we're non.
10 inli"w. Santa Anna himself. inslrai
Of enl"mbing himsrif ~ he lhreaisned, e.
esPed by cutting The saddle mule oT III
team from the harness u ms magnificent
enaeh. mounting him. and then taking ID
The shaPpsrsl. His service Of massive
silver. nearly I'll his pspeTr, his money
every thing IN his carnage. even his Din.
ner. sas captured. have capital story
10 tel about lllis dinner Wien | hare !
momrni 10 spare.
The Mexican los npon The heights was
awinl-Ihe ground in places l. covered
with the dead. Among The bodies found
was that u ten. Yasqnez. and near him
was Col. Palaeio. MORALLY wounded.
fheir los IN the feiEeal was terribly &C.
rere--esffy by path was slrewn with The
dead. Had our Dragons been enabled
10 Tearh Ihem IN season. all would have
hren killed or capiured--Ssnil Anna a.
m0ng them. clnalizo, Nth his noted Ian.
GERS. had the prudeme 10 ramos early.
Even on To this time il il impossible
10 give anything like a full or correct Lief
Of our wounded oflieers--i, il surprising
that many of them were not killed. Lieut..
Derby. gallant yourg officer NJ the To-
biographical engineers. was badly but not
rnorIslly wounded while stunning me Of
the heights. Lieut.. Ewell. of The rifles.
is supposed 10 he MORALLY wounded.
This regiment has suffered terribly. Lieu.
Ienan, Dana, nj the 9Th Infantry. was badly
wounded; cap,. Patton. of the 2d. slight.
ly. Lieut.. Davis. of the rifles. was very
badly wounded in the hip. Major sum.
ner, OF IlIe 2d Dragons, but commanding
rifles. is improving.
The list III killed and wounded officers
in Cnl. llaskrll's command yesieulay
have been able To obiain. II should here
be stated that Capt. Williams company
Of Keniucky and Capt. Charles MAYORS
company Of Pennsylvania volunteers wee
attached temporarily TO This regiment.
Here is the list.
KiRsd.-lst Lieut.. Fred. y. Nelson,
commanding company; I'd Lieut.. &. G.
Gill, company Z. Both these officers were
from Memphis.
Uomded.-la. Col. ID. III. Cumming.
slightly Major Robert Farquharson, (ol
The LIST Texas volunteers. assigned to this
regiment for the day, severely lst Lieut..
Wiley p. Hale. adjuian,, severely; Is,
I.ienl. Wm. Yearwood, MORALLY; %
| Lieut.. James Forrest, slightly Capt. A,
II. Murray. severely; I'd Lieutenant
George 4. Sutherland, Kentucky solun,
teers, severely. The regiment, when ia
action. numbered less than 400 men, ant
lis loss was 20 in killed aud wounded.
In Vega was in command Of the Germ
Gordo on the first day Of the fight. but ;
desetlcr from our dfsgoons, a German
going into their camp al night, and infor'
ming them ,lIa, the main attack was 10
be on the right Of their line-,he work
so 6trcely attacked by Gen. Pillow, he
changed places with Gen. Vasquez. The
later, az | have already stated, was kill
ed. la Vega defended his post until the
lines Of the enemy we're completely turn
ed. Several Mexican Colonies have been
killed, but their names have been una
bic TO learn. A brother Of Gen. La We
q, a colonel OF artillery, was severely
and, as is supposed, mnraIly wounded.
Hundreds of cases of individual gallan
try, in stornling the different heights. are
mentioned. Col. Childs led on his com
mand on the first day until he had only
some 10 or so men with him. Il is also
said that Capt. Magruder followed up q
charge until he had bu, nine soldiers left
: | cannot now recollect one tenth part o
the instances of almost reckless daring dis
played. but shall endeavor to pick them
up. | shall also send you full return o
The killed and wounded If | eau obtain il
but at present il is almost impossible ID
get hold Of anything. The wounded are
still along the roads fur miles. although
they are bringing them in as fast as pcs
sible.
! The army is 10 advance towards Mex
leo Immediately. General Worlh's divi
sion marched this morning--Gen. Scot
is to march at noon. Santa Annals coacl
is to be harnessed up for the purpose O
carrying on Major Sumner--be,ter use
than il was ever put to before.
G, The officers and men OF the Mexican
ARMY mean such as are prisoners-art
TO be turned loose on their parole not a
gain to take up arms during the war
Perhaps il is the best disposition tina
could be made Of them. as any other course
would delay Gen. SCOTS forward move
ment. Fifteen of their officers have re-
fused to sign. bu. have given their parole
Of honor TO report themselves without de-
lay, To Capt. Wilson at Vera Cruz, as pri
soners of war. Among these are Gems
# La Vega and Jaero, the latter Governor
of Pero,e during the time the Texan pri
soners were there, and | believe disiin'
guished for his good treatmen, to them
These officers will either be kept IN the
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