Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-06-12

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GaEatPy.
We are permitted TO copy the fol-
lowing from the private letter cf a
Sergeant n the 9Th Infantry. A por-
ton Of the extract furnishes crafty
ing proof Of the firm confidence Of the
soldiers of the 5,h, in "Old Rough and
Ready:
CASTLE PGRorn, MRxtco, May 9, AT.
see that you have had many false
reports concerning the Army, particu-
larly; Gen. Taylor, who | assure you,
lis not to be fooled with, and | hope
that by this time, you have had true
accounts and discovered that our Ar
my in every instance, has been victo-
Irious. We felt alarmed for sold
Zach ourselves, when we we're all or
dered to leave him, and he bad none
but volunteers left him; but thanks TO
God, he achieved a great victory.
presume you have had accounts Of
our army, still shall repeat the move
ments as far as they have come under
my observation, hoping they will be
more acceptable than newspaper ac-
counts, when you may be assured they
come from friend and may be relied
upon.
must commence with Vera Cruz,
at which all of us expected great
sacrifice Of life, and where we were all
so happily disappointed. Still the
harlshps were severe-working nights
and days, exposed TO the enemy's fire
for 10 days.
Our Regiment had pretty good
share Of the duties before Vera Cruz.
We had the honor to be on guard over
our Mortar batteries at the beginning,
and | assure you, that | never saw
balls come amongst US so thick before
am happy 10 state, that not a man OF
our Regiment was hurt there, we be-
ing pretty well sheltered by the trench
es, We were again on guard at the
closing scene, and the 9Th had the hon.
or OF raising the American Stars at
Fort Santiago, on the 29lh March.
But | am sorry 10 state, that we had
no share in the battle of Cerro Gordo;
for few days before the army left
Vera Cruz, Gen. Scott ordered the
9th out about GO miles into the coun-
try to get lot of horses. We left on
that duty on Slh April, remained un-
Ill the 18th, when on our return we
heard, with reluctance, that a heavy
battle had been fought, and we had no
share in it, However, we lost no
time; LEFT Vera Cruz on 10th and ar
rived at Jalapa on 24ih, where we
found Cen. Scott, with the main body;
but our division had pushed on, Chat
is Gen. Worth's) consequently, we
had 10 "push along, keep moving"
and arrived at Perote on 29th April.
Here we found one Brigade of our di-
vision with Gen. Worth, but the other
4 had gone on Is miles further. Here
we expect to stay but few days lon
ger, aud then push on FOR the Capital.
This is a beautiful place, and has
! been one Of the principal depo.s and
prisons ia Mcxico--a great (ortiica.
ton, and would be impossible to be Ia
ken, except to starve them out. Il is
the place whore the Texans were con-
fined, and shot; where Paroles and
( Rogers were imprisoned. In the ditch
outside the castle. is n cross where
prisoners were led out and shot, for
the proof Of which n large pile OF
human bones lie at the foot of the
cross. presume they never showed
the mercy to bury them.
We found a great many arms and
ordnance stores, which, by the orde:
Of our General, have been destroyed.
The climate here is not very warm,
it is SO mountainous. We can see
snow on top Of a mountain, and one
day between acre and Jalapa we were
travelling among the clouds. There
is great deal of cultivation going on
here, and IalaPa is the handsomest
place ] have seen yet