The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-01
From the N. Orleans Picayune
To the Public.

Vf's Ol tue "a tennessee Regiment, q
:. dressed 10 the public, calls for some noti
h rom ne. This article processes 10 be e
simple statement Of facts, " and, 10 advanc
dlsclalms any other motive IN making Il
publication than such as arises from a d
ire TO Do l1s'ice 10 others aud TO ha,
u justice for themselves"
5, II those gentlemen had made a corret
statement Of facts, aud had left the publ
:. 10 form is own judgment upon hose fact
should have been content TO have passe
he Publication by unnoticed-for from
statement Of facts have nothing 10 fear.
The article PROCESSES 70 describe the en-
emys works and the order of attack of N
brigade, u The battle Of Cerro Gordo.
SAYS" There we're On the lne Of u ork
extending from the National Road to III.
gorge OF The mountains, through which lht
river passes, three works, known To ou
engineers as batteries Nos. / and 3, anC
hat by the order of battle FOR my brigade
battery No. situated upon he river blot
was 10 have teen assaulted by Col. Wyn
koops fegimeut, supported by Col Camp
bellies and battery No was 10 have beer
assaulted BY Iiaskel's re giment, supported
Y By Col. Rober,'s regiment"
I lnsicad Of thee works 10 this line oil
works, as those gentlemen say, there were
kno"u 10 be four before the battle. Bate.
" No. !, situated on the river bluff, and
NO :, at tie extreme left QfrAffsr to the
.'oe o. ofeasl.~sa9ik from 400 TO COO yards,
l.,h batteries Nos 3 ard were sill larthrr
toaards the National Road-lhe Place az
saulied mad- the 5'h battery Col filsk
ell ("ho IS the author Of this article, and
whose motives for this assault upon ne will
be apparent enough by and by, saws fur
tber. that he was to assault, battery No. 9,
aud Col Wynkaop battery Nc. /.
!, never was, however, intended BY ne
10 assault batteries Nos | aud ., and no
order was ever gwen 10 that ehec. liz
was no, ordered to assault battery No. .
nor vas that battery ever assaulted. Col.
Wynkoop vas not ordered to assault, bate
~ No. / The position intended 10 be as.
slu'ted VAS, what was believed by both tho
Engineers aud myself, 10 be the angle OF
those batteries formed BY the long Inc of
stone breas, works, about 400 yards from
battery No. l. In NV or1cinl rrpor, bear
ing date 18Th April lei7, and prepared
immediately after the battle hY az officer
of nv s,aH, Tor beng disabled in nv right
arm coud not @tltc) distinctly stated
that tie points of assault, we're "ths sdl1-
reE, apelcs az batteries Nos. and ."
Bot in the after part OF that report, for the
sake Of bfeyltv. and for tic purpose Of de
5 .naling the position Of the two assauung
forces, ! speak Of batteries Nos. ! and ,,
without repeating in each paragraph, the
words arlacoul angles
4, this supposed angle no auGs could be
seen and none we're believed 10 be there
though on tie lac, DAY Of reconnaissance
something presenting the appearance Of one
Gun was seen Sttll i, WIS believed TO be
the weakest point IN the line Of works, aud
was, therefore. SCI cted by the engineer On
duiy with my brigade for The assault
Agteeabiy to my plan Of attack, Hask.
els as.aulilng force was to attack the left
Of thls angle, and Wynkoop's the right, so
as 70 engage, a, The same time, the forces
upon both sides ot the angle, Gen'I, Scots
order Of battle vas long, and reached me
about 9 o'clock the night Of the 9Th, and
too late for me to have the necessary copies
of it prepared and ISSUED TO my command.
therefore sent Tor Co.'s. Campbell, ilask-
ell, Wynkoop and Roberts. aud at my Own
quarters read to them the general order OF
bauIe, aud explained 70 them particularly
the position Of the datren, batteries, nv
position for assault, and the order Of move.
menl for each regiment, md the position TO
be assumed by each, preparatory to the as
saul,.
The assault ass made al the place pre-
viously determined upon, md made known
10 these officers and though this poiai
turned out to be strong work, mounting
eight pieces Of artillery Immediately II
front and two more on a retired line, al
Nhlch were, to the moment Of attack, en-
tirely concealed and completely masked By
the stone wall and brush; yet Up to tina
time il was believed TO be an angel IN lht
large stone breaslwork connecting the bat
teries Nos. | and ,. That such vas thu
position intended to DC and actually assault
ed, will conc9sively appear from my Off
cla reports Of the battle, made almost ,m
, mcdln,ely AFTER the battle, dated 18Th an
2S,h April, marked A aud Il, and prepared
long before the appearance OF this attacI
Of Colonel HaskeI's; and yet, in the fac
q Of these startling errors, or mlsrepresenta
. tons of facts, this assault upon me modest
; ly Processes to be :" SIMPLE statement
J facts" and made solely for the purpose c
p. justice to the sicners of That article.
. Gel Haskell cannot understand why n
y regiment was placed between Wynkoop'
= and Campbell's and Cambbeli's between hi
d (ilaskel's) and Roberts regiment, on III
. march from tho encamPmeni.
This TO him) lncompsehensIbIe order {
march, which he seems 10 think was
bluuder OF mine, will perhaps be under
stood by him when state to hin the oblec
The narrow pathway along which "
were obliged to march pierced the enemy
uoe OF works Just Il, the place selected ID