The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-28

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heasy DR.. Elal - il Aass m - ahfnr
hours ne EeFr lhns rngagrd. Almosi NJ.
n,ndiAlrly ihs troaps IN lhe advance UrEs
ordered nntrF roseT 81 The E'aFspess; BAT
loF NV iiule eammsnd | could Gnd no
Shellrr. The Gre upon me MS nos ailo-
gesheF 90 seEeFr - upon lhe adsanre.
= Inch suffered severity beFore tiAey entid
eoser. The artillrry mrn. IN lhe mean.
liInr. we're nearly al cut dOEn. and every
hing IhroNa inis confusion. Captain
fw gg. Mas kid; Ia. Windrr severely.
if moi morally wounslrd; H.. cIranor. 0f
my regiment. slnI in he knee; Captain
cla.k slloi in lie high. in passing from
his eommand 10 my ralss0n; II. Adams
s00ndrd. and about 40 men Killed aud
woundesl. About this time Inc grspe shot
vas exhausted. and il Was in attempting
Ia communicate This fact 10 me that clsik
vas wounded. The orier. however, MAS
brought BIZ some one else. and 10 show
you how severe the ire VAS. ] aIdrred
some OF the sIIlllery men IN open the rails
sOa and prn uIe ll'em; huI Ihey we're 50
peIrifed that moi MAN moved. and ! Was
obliged 10 rush 10 The box and lake oil The
shot myself.
lwas now lefl solely in command ol
my unfortunate Company. and received The
order 10 form every man, a. best could.
and retire with the artillery To- 4 lrss ex-
posed postum. We did retire. and short
~ alter the enemy deserted his stronghold
in the FaH. Alter taking possession al
that, there was little more fighting. This
engagement lasted from about ~ 0'cloI L
until sun down. For mysrlf | claim no.
thing IN this arlion; but for ny eompa-
ny, ihose gallanl fellows Who stood by
The artillery aud dragged il fIom the Bridge,
do claim the highest praise. Clark be-
haNed himself rcIy gallanlly. l Understand
our company is done full jusIiee 10 in The
dispatches Of the commanding officer
We remained al the Bridge day. marrh-
ing from thence IN a place called Rio Del
Plan two and half miles from Germ Cor
do. was at this time, and in fact from
the National Bridge. so unwell nearly the
whole time thai ! could scarrely marrh.
The next morning | received orders 10
join an advanced detachment uf about 500
men, sent before To atiark the enemy upon
the heights Of Zero GoriO. dur advance
had scarcely entered the ra,ine before We
were fired upon from every side. Capt.
Hornsby aud myself, afterwards reinlorc-
ell by company G., l2lh Infantry. were
sent TO storm The hill upon which Gen.
Twiggs operated, IL YOU remember. This
we did, after some difficulty in finding his
road, across which the enemy had built d
breast work. Our charge was 50 sudden,
aud The shout sci up by our men so loud.
that the Disconnected enemy retreaied in
So great was their prpcipiIa.
lion that many Of them left their muskeis
and lances, which fell inlo our possession.
But my unfortunate company was desiin-
ssGssss~. / had Sns gniian, &C low sniea,
and another shot through bath cheeks ;
but on they charged over the brrastwork
TO The very top oil the hill. The rest Of
the command was equally successful : and
by sun set We has possession as far as
" Monte Guar.lo." the last hill upon which
Santa Anna was stationed during the great
fight. The day after We marched 10 The
great Generals hacienda; and The next to
This city, about mile and a half from
which there was anolher fight, but The en-.
envy were soon routed. with very little
lss. The commanding officer Major
l.ally,) was wounded in The neck in this
brush. We Law On our arms outside the
city all night, and the next day entered.
Thus, YOU see, the enemy has di.put.
ed every foo. Of the way with US; bu.
| can assure you they made less by their
attacks upon Us than upon any train they
have fought. You can scarcely imagine
the hardships we have been compelled 10
endure. And when | say we, refer par
iicularly 10 those of us who stormed the
heights Of terro Gordo. We lay upon
those hills after taking them. cold as il
was, without blanket TO cover ms, TWEEN.
~ four hours without water, and thirty-six
without food. These things soldier mus,
expect; but it requires Il strong consIi;;i-
lion TO stand il.
After leaving the heights Of Ceuo Cor
do we marched about mile and half,
where we encamped. had hardly got
myself comfortably 6xed. when the adlu-
tant rode up and informed me that farther
up upon The hill there was no Infantry TO
protect the artillery, aud that | must move
up with MY command. | did so. and the
night looking very tl,reatning. Lieut.. Sears,
of ilre artillery, offered me half of a tent
which he had managed TO pitch but find
ing il too Gar from my command, in case
of an attack, returned, and all night lay
fiat on my back. thinking about patriotism.
and coolly taking one Of The pretiiest rains
you ever saw. These are mere incidents
of campaign, which do well enough to
laugh at when all around wears the air of
comfort; but experience is hard mas
ter.
have thus given YOU brief .liscrip-
ton Of the incidents OF our march 10 this
place. We have been quietly waiting