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th IS 9th lIita Infantry ((ssalBBe 4b3 FHi6ga9lasl Which XII :hh, bad
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ply rysssifnsgnItts un4sEilhEttiFfapt5, CgeAi,, , Graham ilraa4hyaan,
Eshd the lith,n !c;'q%s!plgmnann!dssaa Ky 4G0l: III TIFfqq !r5
Iaalsss both Of Cadwalader's nbrisseae,.' PHI
bows division. About the fvagRqss qftinase, TBS
Eenemy, in front Of Garland, Hftfra not Hfsnr7
Aict Of an hour and a half, ggsyff way. il 2
retreat towards The eapitsl,o, ,,i, Q. 4sat,
|, The iimnediats results :s IF s.iss ttBad sig.
fhaSstsiumPl on the way wSsre; : fsld55piieees,
tl92 prisoners, much ammunition, and, two,
FHolors, taken in in tbs lSs1 tfts fe pq rYf# noizsnac
Finally, twenty minutes after ,tlIe tes de
p6af had been carried ~ Worth and Pill
|iowJ,sandA the end IF desperate 'ttSSnffict
Of two hours and haif, skei aAurtAaor cont
Eyeht-the eitadeLsofthis strongiine, of de-!
fence along the ~iriyulet Of Churubnseo-
to Twiggs' division, and threw, out
upon all sides Signals Of surrender. The
willie flags, HOWEVER, t~sesrfe' not exhibited
ilntit tile moment when the 3D. infantry, uns
adsr Capt, Alexsnder, hadeleared the iway
lbs fire and bayonet, and had entered tAs
WORK. Capt, J, NJ; Smitll. and Lieut., Q; I.
fSheriefrd, Both Of That regiment, with their
f~companits, HAD the glory Of teadins TIE 'as-
sallt. = The former Observation-Disclosures,
and Capt, alexander inst nalErl hing Il opts
lfrom a balcony the acQl9rs Of the gallant
I'D. Major Dimick,, with a part Of, the. .1st
lasrtillery,1 ssertfinfg a Sfhfantfy, entered Hear:
With klte heading 664tsg--"'s2 80
+; Capt. Dsylorsdieid battery, httaelsdlitu
iT~iggs' dtEisisRsppaped its etectiseldrs,
ut an early, moment, ,pp9n ths ont5weEks OF
The convent and the " Of its c1iurch::MA
ID xxrpSosed to fife sevafesEfrGidf Tie 'enemy,,
.tths5taptain, his eHicsrsi aadameq ,swnnoqni-
~vterssl aaniratians bat at length, mgGsd dish
abledl tiALp4 q and hQIseS, ths Ra}tsFy was s
by superior orders, withdrawn, from the ac-
,si6h diirk9 minutes befofe tliies dRfpPennideer of
Ethc ConveRt.: hsnoEsQN bns N's~"s'. f'i9
/ The immediate rcsults"1f this victory
were,&heic,phEs Of, y sfeldrpieaes, soFe
~Samlnumiop, one color three ,gepe5als.5 apa
,l,26I prisoners, including 'otI1eE officers: II,
CAPTAIN Z. oA.'capfoh and NJ. J. Burke,
and Lieut. 8. Hoffmah;t all Of the 5 iartil-
,lery, and Capt. j. w. Anderson'aid Lieut..
IThos. Easley. both Of the !2aaiAsantry-7fYe
Officers iefgFEeaaf RegqihsrAlsBB CALAMITY lPsfaFe
The Capture oftit ehemy's "a citadel To- was
the HnyM great achievement Of ous armsin
In gsa,uaday.; .a3utgeidis tennct Fire
In Al windiagtmarqh aaf q mile Ground
TO the right. this temporary Division found
titsclf on the edge of an open wet meadow,
jaear the Sttoad from San Antonio to tie cap
litaI,j anu in,the presence of sofAs ;4,se89i Of
thus euamy's inf6ntry, a,littls mike reaE:Ibf
CAurpbasc9;lpn Abroad. Establishing,
1.-The right. at a strong budding, ,Shieids ex-
blended his left parallefto the road, 10 out
laank tie eanleidhy towards The capital: Blu,
the enemy extending hfs'figiRS; supported
lby8,OOO caraIiy, more rapidly (benas3 ia
voredrby bettsr ground Yin thes sam &irec-
ton, Shields eoneentyatsA tlf. division, o.
bout a hamlet, and determipedrto attack in
front" TIE battle was Tong, hot, and ga
fried; but, ultimately, suc~cAss!cfo%ned tn.
fzaal and gallhntzy lo6 ON, ~troupsgsably ydi-
ERECTED BY their distinguished commander,
Brig, General Shields, The 9th l2tl. and
ll5tI regiments, nnide1 Col. Ransom, Capt
fWotod, and Col Mofgan,, fespeetivSy,,'o Of
Piereeis btigaa4 Pillows divisiulr) and the
N. York, and Sbuth CaSohnssn yetuptseEs
under Colnnels. Burnett and Butler, rsspecr
lively, OF, Shields brigade, Qpiiuian's; di.
vision, together with the mountain how.
liter battery, how under Lisnt. Reno Of
the ordnance corps, ali shared in the giles,
Of this 'action-our Gh victory in she same
dsy.i Le4 bod az: II .roa!o1 O. -,
Bricadier Gsneral;P Pierce, from the huri
,Fof The evening bteforewhndet pain and ex.
ilauustionnALfaihted in the ~aeton.' tStVera
fl6thsr changes in icotnhiahd occurred on thi
field. D.! - i~ori." 81 go AE1 n, f.hs ~.
3, Shields took three hundred and eight.
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