Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-04-06
From the N. Orleans Pieayunc, March 97.l
The Kentucky Regiment.
LN lNclpENT I'D InE nAIrLE or IutNA 49,


Alta very critical point Of the battle on the 23I ,ybsn II
became necessary to sustain OF coumns ch was
staggering under charge made by Mexican, IN over
wheIminR numbers, Gen Taylor despatched MIR Cuu,n-
den TO order Col Mckee Of the ID Kentucky Regiment 10
bring his men into immediate action Mr.. Criiontcu found
the regiment and Oircrs eager for tho .y deliver
ca he order aud rode back to the General by whose de
wds his duty to keep. The Kentu,kians moved onK rd
~ "a lnni style led by Mckee and Clay both Of win,
aas! fell IN Subsequent part Of the day. Il 80 h.ppe ed
that before reaching pos on from hey cond deliver an
effective hre the reg mcnt I'D to valley which was
broken up by ravnes ard mlfses Of stones Whilst crows
ing THIS valley tho heads only OF the could tc - en-
from the point which Gen Taylor and Mr.. Cnuenion oc-
cupod-and tcso wore bobbing up and down and crop-
wire ~ such confusion impressboth wh the idea that
the regiment had fallen into disorder The Mcxcars were
annoying them Of the same moment By fire. which he ed
thrown into disn1y.
1t was one Of those decisive crisis which occur in every
contested hcd when the ssuo day depended for tho
ume being on tho gallunuy Of n paricular corpa
Gen. Taylor, who, before said could only sec tho
heads Of tho troops, and mscd by their motions IN getting
across gnes and going around rocks and other ucons
iuo the belief that they about faer turned 10 Mr.
Cntienden who is Kcntuckisn and with eounlonance
indcaung deep notification for tho General Is Renptk
ian too, aud on eye fierce with emotion. exclaimed lir
Critendon, this will not doths is the way for Ken
tuckans behave themselves when called upIp In ~ ~.
good baule-t will answer, SIR; ard with IA (, no
ccnchod his tooth and knit his brow and cot his Toe IA 5d
together MI Cuuenden, who mistaken by IN, ma
indications that deceived tho General could scarcely mile
reply from very chagrin snd shame In Tow n, NINA
however tho kcnucAars hsi crossed tho uneven rru
and were seen ascending the slope Of the v,iev qbs, ~
shoulder, and with the finn ard regular step Of ye,,n Of
hundred heds On thoy moved until they reached -bs
crest OF the hill where they met the enemy before t, an
Of temporary advantage had subsded Hero ,h, % 49,,
oed he hfe by companies with such regularity and d,,d
aim that the docmned phalanI NJ Mexico gave yav and ~
ueae1 ocpiou'y Ne tho kentuckians ern~rgcd from
no Vaoy inc coun'cnanco OF the old general who was re-
gardng them with tho intonsest interest," gradually
the bitterness Of its expression. glow OF pride
INC deep morhcauon which fixed he muscles and critu
Ham qualified tho horce gauces Of his eve Forward s
moved under his rivoied gaze, whose feelings became
ana more wrought up as they approached tho scene s(
n'ge' When they opened their FIRE the old general orp
lood huzza. "Hurah Tor old Rontuekn he e,e,irncd
mlsipg ., It we're TO himself and rising In his saddle
iha's tho way TO do :" and tho tears Of eIult,on o
led down his checks ~ he said H.
Having got rid Of this ebunition n s,,. o,id b .
about looking alter other paris Of the field