Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-19
nennsxlrania voIunleer.. The slOlmine party,

Cart. Roberts, Of the rifles, Lieut. Stewart, ana
others Of the sa NE regiment, Smith brigade car
lied the two batteries in The road, took some guns
I with many prisoners, and drove ,ae e"fni, los,
ed behind ia support The New YORK ana 'oo 'o,
| Carolina volunteers Shields btisao' J anu 'ne -
| Pennsylvania voionieeis all on 'he wv - -.
mans ,ine. together with pniti rs Of his s;oFnihS
aries crossed The meadows in front, under
| heavy fife, and entered The outer enclosure oi
Chapullcpcc Just in time to join in The fnal as
SAUL from The Wes,.
B, sides Mai. Gems Pillow and Qnman, Brig
| Gems Shields, Smith and Cad@alader, Tue ioi-
lowing are the officers and corps most disiin-
puishsd in those bFiian, operations: The Won
| scur regiment, in Two delachmenis, coumanaea
respectively by Colonel Andrews and Lieu. COL
Johns;one-the later mostly in the lead, accom-
panied by Major Caldwell; Caps. Barnard ana
piddlc Of The same regimen-ihe former The fst
n nlant reeimenlal color, and the latter among
the frs. in The assault, the slorming parry oil
WORMS division, under Capt. Mckenzie, q ar
,illery. with Lieut.. Selden, S!h infantry, early Cd
Inc ladder and badly woundet Lieut., Armistead,
9Th infantry, the first to leap into the dich 10 plant
| a ladder; Lieu,s. Rogers OF the dlh, and J.. =.
Smith oil the 5,h infantry, both moilay wounueo'
the 9Th infantry, under COL Ransom, VINO was
killed while CALAMITY leading that gallant Iesl'
mem: the 18Th infantry under Lieut.. Col. How
COMPANY CALAMITY carried the Ieioubl midway
| On The aocliviiy;-Col. Ciarkc's Brigade worms
division, consisting of Sin, Slh, and part Of The bin
| regiments Of infantry, commanded, respectively
| by Capt. Chapman, Maj. Montgomery, and ~.
Edward Johnson The latter specially noticed,
with Lsuls. Lonaslree, Gladly wounded, adVanc-
ing, colors in HANDY Pickett. and NeFchanl-he
last three If The Slh neutrality-suspicious. OF Inc y,
States marines, New York, South Carolina ana
| ID Penns. lvania volunteers, which, delayed win
their division (Onilman's) BY the ho' engagement
below arrived lust in time 10 participate in The
assault OF the heighis-r 'licuEarly detachment
under Lieut.. Reid, Ne@ York volunteers, CONSIST
ing u 4 company 81 the same, with ore oil una
rines; and another detachment, portion oi The
s,ormins party (Twisss' division, serving with
Quiiman) under Lieu. Steele, 2d infantry, after
the tall OF Lieut.. CANT. 7th infantry.
In This connection, il IS but us 10 recall The
decisive effect OF the heavy batteries, Nos. l. =
| and 1, commanded by those excellent officers
Captain Drum, dth artillery, assisted by Lieu;s
/ benjamin. and Porter, of his own company; Cap
tain Brooks and Lieut.. Anderson, ID artillery,
assisted BY Lieut.. Russell, 4th infantry, volun-
| eeI; Lieuts. uaener and Stone, Of the ordnance,
and Lieut.. Andrews, Sd srlilleIY-the whole su-
pernended by Captain Huser, Chief Of ordnance
with this army-an officer distinguished by every
kind OF merit. The mountain howizer battery,
under Lieut.. Reno, OF the ordnance, deserves also
| TO he particularly mentioned. Attached 10 the
vol,iseurs, ii followed the movements oi ,ha! re-
smcn,, ami again won applause.
In adding 10 the list oil individuals Of conspi-
cuous merit, must limit myself 10 few OF the
many names which might be enumerated: Capt.
| Hooker, assis;au; adju,an general, who won sPe-
cial applause successfully, in The stan oil Pillow
and Cadwalader; Lieut.. Lowell, iih artillery,
(woundec) chief OF Qui,mans staff Capt. Page,
assistant adjuian! general. (woundsi,) aud Lieut.
Hammond, 81 artillery, boih Of Shlefs' staff, and
Lieut.. Van Dom, al infantry, aid-de-camp 10
Brig. Gen. Smith.
Those operations all occurred on Inc west
southeast. and heishls OF ChdpGi!cp,c. To The
north and Al The base o! inc mound, inaccessible
On that side, the lllh !! aniiy, under Lieut.. COL
Hebert; the lih un,er Col Trousiele, and
| Capt. Masrudcr's field battery, Isl a:tery-onc
| section advanced under Lieut.. Jackson-all Of
| Pillows divison-had, al The same time, some
spirited affairs against superior Numbers, driving
the enemy from battery in the road, and caplu-
ring gun. In these, the officers and corps
named, gained merted praise. Col. Trousdale,
the commander, though twice wounded, continued
on duty until The heights were carried.
Earlv in The morning OF the 18th, repeated
The orders of The nishibeiore 10 Maj. Gen. Worth,
10 be, with his division al hand, 10 support the
movement OF Maj Gen. Pillow from our lett
The latter seems soon 10 have called for that en-
tire division, Standing, momenarily in reserve,
ami Worth sen, him Col Clarke's brigade. The
call il moi unnecessary, was al least from The cir
cums,ances, unknown to me al The time; for soon
observing tina, The very large body Of The enemy
in the road in from, Of Major Gen. Quiiman's
right, was receiving reiniofcements from The city
less than mile and halt 10 the cast sen!
instructions 10 Worth on our opposite flank, Ia
H. uiSip nd
coed, cautiously BY the road al lis Burhern base,
in Older, il moi met by very superior numbers 10
threaten or To attack in rear that body 81 r enc
my The movement. il was also believed, could
not fail to distract and ~ inlimidaie The enemy
generally
Worth promptly advanced with his remaining
brisade-coionel Garland's- lieutenant colonel
g. B. Mcclellan with The company olsappers and
miners. Those five ieuenants Of eng ineers, like
their apain, Wen The admiration fall abouIlhem.
Having turned The forest On The west, and arrI
wing opposite 10 the nolih centre OF Chapuepec
Worth came up with The troops ia the road, I'M
der colonel Trous.ale, and aided by a flank move
men, OF a part OF Garland's brigade in taking
The one Gun breastwurl, then under the fire al
lieu;enan; Jackson,s section OF captain MagTu.
der's field battery. Continuing 10 advance, This
division passed Cbapultepec, attacking The right
OF the enemy's line, resting on that road, about
The momen; OF the general retreat consequent up
on the capture Of the formidable castle and lis
ouworks.
Arriving some minutes later, and mounting to
the ion of the castle, The whole field 10 The east, lay
plainly under my view.
There are two routes from Chapul!epec 10 the
! capitalize one on the RICH, eneiing the same
gale, Belen, with the road from the south v,a Pie.
| dad; aud The other obliquing 10 The leh 10 inter-
sec, The great western, or San Cosme road, in
suburb outside 0. the gate OF San Cosme.
Each Of these rou'es Gan elevated causeway)
presents double roadway on the sides Of an
aoueduct Of strong masonry and great height
| resting on o1en arches and massive pillars,
which, together, afford fine points both Tor attack
| aud defence. The Sideways Q! both aqueducts
| are, moreover defended BY many strong breast
works al The gales, and bsioic reaching them
As we had expected, We found the four tracks
! unusually dry and solid fertile season.
Worth aud Quilmaa were prompt in pursuing
the yelrcalirs enemy he Formerly The San Cos
me aqueducl, and The latter along that OF Beltn.
Each had now advanced some hundrcd yards
Dcemina ii aimpoGant 10 profit b. our sue
cesses AMI the consequent aismay Of the enemy
which could not tcolherwise than general, has.
tened 10 despatch, from Chapucpec, first, Cla Ike S
brigade and then Cadwaader's 10 the support Of
Wo,lh, and save caters that the necessary heavy
guns shorld follow. Pierce's brigade was, al The
same time sent !, Gpman, AMI, in The course
ui the aiicrn -. caused some additional siege
pieces 10 b. atdes: O IS rain. Then, after de-
signaling .he 10 b ie!aney, uader Lieut.. Colonel
| Howard-Mofcan The Colonel. had been disabled
| by wound n, Chu! unuSco-as the garrison O..
Chapul,epcc, and giving directions for the care
OF the prisoners Of war, the captured ordnance
and ordnance stores, | proceeded 10 join The al
vance OF Worth, within he suburb, and beyond the
turn atlhe junction of The aqueduci with he great
highway from The west 10 the gate OF San Cosmc.
Al this junction o;roads, we first passed one Of
those formidable systems OF city dclsnccs spoken
Of above, and il had not gun Ia strong proof
l. That The enemy had expected Us 10 tail in The
attack upon Chapul'epec, even il we meant any,
thing more than tcn :. That in either case,
We designed, in his belief, 10 return and double
our forces against The southern eates-a drlusion
kept up by the active demonstration Of Twiegs
and the forces posted on that side; and 3. That