Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-05-13

slightly Major Robert Farquharson. foc ,h mug
Texas volunteers, assigned to this regimen, rue !"
day. severely LIST Lieut.. WiIey p Hale .d -, he
severely; Is, Lieut. Wm. Yearwood. NOR
Lieut.. James Forest, slightly; Capt. A n wy "a
severely ID Lieut.. George r. Su,he,lanJ ,,N
lucky VOLUNTEERS, severely. The rec;ma",' hen'
10 action. numbered less than 400 men and "nen
was 20 in killed and wounded -''' vs. 'o''
Ia Vega was in command at Ceno Gordo .. Il,
first day Of the fight. bat deserier from on we
Coon, German, going into their camp a, uoL, . "'s
informed them that the main attack va. 70 '"0
the right OF their lIne-ihe work fereeIy a,rlsS
by Gen Pillow, Unchanged places with Gen w..
qnez. The latter. as ! have already stated ~
kIlled-La Vega defended his post until the I'M
| Of the enemy were completely turned en-. lug,
Mexican colonies have been killed. but ,b.;, Ira
l have been unable 10 learn. A brother a. " c'e
La Vega, colonel Of artillery, was seversl, ~
IL is supposed. mortally wounded. - '"u
Hundreds Of cases Of individual gallsn,.
storming the different heights, are mep,ion.a
Col. Chds led on his command on ,he e,., a.
until he had only some forty or ffty men viii ~
II Is also said that Capt. Magruder followed ~.
charge until he had but nine soldiers le6 ~
wounded are still along the roads Tor miles a,hoass
they are bringing them in as fast as possible
The army is 10 advance towards Mexico ;u,,.4
aiely. Gen Wcrth's division marched M. ,a'"
ing-Gen. Scott is to march At noon SAINT, A."
mas coach Is 10 be hsrnessed up for the purno,. "
carrying on Major Sumner
The officers and men Of the Mexican arm,
mean such are prisoners--are 10 be turned ~.
on their parole not again 10 take Up arm, dn,..
the war. Perhaps u IS the best disposition M,
could be made Of them, as any other course xo,5
delay General SCOTS forward movement Si,,s.a
of hat off b,vo cf,, sa1 -
their parole Of honor 10 report themse,e, viihor,
delay, to Colonel Wilson at Vera Cruz. 4, n,.o.'
ere Of war Among these are Gems La Yes, IA
Jareno, the latter Governor Of Perote duriSv n.
time the Texan prisoners we're there, and bels,.
distinguished for his good treatment OF them
Gen Shields is still alive. The ball went lhroo,b
his lungs as he was leading his men u storm X.
farlhess work OF the enemy. have Jus, e,,n,d
: that there is some hopes that he NAV live
A hundred Mexican officers are around maxim,
out their paroles, while our own dead are bs;o,
carried by and consigned 10 their long resnr.U,s;
! by the roadside.
Col Baker who charged on the last ior, lo,i ro,.
tyhye men in killed and wounded. oul Of ooIr
portion Of his regiment Lieut. Cowardin. killed.
Lieut.. Murphy supposed 10 be MORALLY wounded:
Lieut.. Jonson wounded in three places and thin
amPuiated; Lieuis. Scott, Fromsn and MaIiby,
wounded G.W.K
) The Mexican officers captured, who gave their
parole TO report 10 Col. Wilson, commander a,
Vera Cruz. were the two Generals mentioned above,
, Gen. Vegas Aid de Camp, and thirteen csp,,p,
, and lieuiensnis The Picayune says
These prisoners. under the charge of Can,
George w. Hughes. of Typographical Engineers,
arrived al Vera Cruz on the 2Ist inst, about on.
5 hour previous TO the departure Of the McKim.
| IL has been left TO their election by Gen Scot,
; whether they should remain close prisoners in ID.
castle Of San Juan de Ulloa or proceed 10 New.O.
E leans. where they should be allowed such personal
= liberty as their condition aud conduct might seen
to require Of the commandani Of that post
i II is understood that all Of the foregoing captured
officers have expressed desire 10 be transenedo
the United States, and that Col Wilson, Governor
: Of Vera Cruz, had scceded to their wishes, and
had directed that vessel should be held 10 resd
ness TO SAIL for their accommodation about the 18Th
5 of April.
From the ~ o. Delta Of May Isl.
/, stronger position could not have been select
{ ed Tie road leads through PERCEPTIONS ridge,
!, whence the name Sierra Gordo.' or wide ridge
5 Before and around this ridge, on the road 10 Vsri
Cruz, are steep hills which tine enemy had strong.
" fortified with about "a heavy guns, and force
) which al the lowest estimate, must have been al
for miles, had FIRST to be carried before the Stern
could be attacked! The hills were covered and
the batteries strongly supported BY large force o.
. Santa Annals best infantry. On the other side o.
4 the pass, Santa Anna himself stationed Elis
1000 cavalry-a position assumed either TO cut Of
the retreat OF his men, 10 facilitate his own. 70
the 18th, the battle opened in earnest, and By 4
succ, sson OF brilliant charges, under Gems. Twiggs
: Shields, Pillow and Worth, all the various fort,
and deiences were seyeray carried at the pOln, o.
the bayonet, the enemy totally routed, and 5000 Of
them taken prisoners together with most oil then
! Generals. and all their baggage and munitions
!. Gen Santa Anna narrowly escaped on mule, tar /
4 ing some by-paih through the chaparal.
al letter OF the 10Th says:
/ Three forts. situated nearer 10 our camp, and
. upon three heights adjacent to each oiher-e'h
\ commanding The others-were the objects Of ai,el
aud the carrying Of them was the task oil the sosr
ltecrs The centre one OF these forts runs lunhH
10 than the other, and this being the object Of soin
the advance Of The siormers had to undergo the u,
of the right aud left, and the eenire-the latter
which prudently withheld its FIRE until our meI .
had approached within forty yards Of the guns; 'a'
then the dogs ofwar we're let loose, with suen
lry, that our men we're driven from their Pos'on,
with great slaughter--the second Tennesseeans'S%
were in the advance, losing large number 10 e"'
ed and wounded. Before the volunteers hao 'Iu'
: to renew the attack, the enemy bad sorrenoe'eD
driven as ihey had been, from their iavofl'e P~'
tion on Sierra Gordo. "A,
On tie top Of Sierra Gordo the scene wasn
horrible from the Jalspa road. dead bodies o. .~
enemy could be seen on every spot where 'ne W
was directed until they literally covered tue a. H..
TO the height There is about bali an acre u w. '"
lei ground on the top Of the mountain anu ,,n.