The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-14

and that General Smith to make the attack stated
Same charge and SPECIFICATION fourth head-Q.-W hat
n ana sns1s had s sas by the pas
Of the leaving Colonel Riley to guard the camp and
mo- on the road to San Angel Tsaw Cen Pillow approach
ing the camp from San Agpsn he followed the o
he had command OF his division from which the working
parties drawn and did po T. see him after the battle
him General SCOTS quarters San Agustin that night
s do know Ta Se he
time he entered Coyoacan did not see him after that until
general a% e 5 I
Ss Ct !s e a of1 T 1@ eon
Q-Aboni what time had elapsed from the time of taking
Valencia camp until the arrival of General Pillow at that
.A-Judsing from the that TRANSFERRED q have no
between half and an hour %sa''S
Same charge same specification, sirth head.Q.-What
A-On the morning of the 18th, General Scott gave me
n TO snea G wf fork e for rad and
Coner lie told me General TWgsg division would be
what orders he after the battle opened any Others
nht Of the s met General Scott St'G %d s
from San gustin their way the battlefield heard
ofis brgades Which was bringing up and make prepaa-
S aep q oa on 'front.' IL the sa m
orders during the day, such to reconnoitre the
position heard him give orders to Gen Pierce with his
brigade 10 move 10 the rear OF Churubusco and make the
support Of Genera! Shields General Shields told General
Pierce hearing, he had order from General Scott
to take command in that quarter He overlook us on the
Same Charge, same Specification, m head.-A.-I be-
lieye my testimony is full on that head ALREADY ,o
know Of the reconnoerng and also of the conference at
the Piedad
Scott informed me that the armsce would probably be ter
minated by Il O'clock and he wished me to be prepared
myself the approaches TO the capital and
the necessary orders Maj Smith Engineer That
self reconnoired the approaches to The Pedad and San An
tonic gates and after the battle OF Nono del Rey on the
the as 10 beoe The
pushed every day by the repeated orders of Gen Scott On
poaches to the Niho Perdido, San Antonio and Piedad
Gen Scott repeated his Of that front on a The
by Gen Scott at Pedad, which he mentions on that morn
the dyanages dsavantages Of attack these points
and Chapuepec, and he announced his intention, before
eeon or d the or
of officers present, (cey general and staff ofiices and
and in anticipation that attack he had directed CPs Hu
pee So far as ecoeet but little d, except
general asking ntormS1n on one point or an
impression that he inclined to the attack by the San An
tonic gate was in favor of acting by that front my
During the whole time the reports Of each Engineer officer as
he returned made direct to the General HEADQUARTERS
Cen Pillow said that he thought that Gen Scott would
grounded erroneous that he would confess portion of
if General Scott would permit him. but therein stated
rather not receive the side of the defence On
the side Of the they could not operate nurousy
Q-Was or was not the immediate place OF attack upon
reconnossances made late the preceding evening and
the general plan the result OF the
of Contrers the s morning o Of the 18th reported the result
Gen Scott and afcomPaned f@ Gaapa the e ,a1
ceived such no[mation had been gathered by the eng
AT AguStln after dark well
recoiect all the officers had not come In Lieutenant
Gen Worth, accompaniea by CAPTAIN Mason and perhaps
other Officers came to Gen seotts headquarters at oan
s by bs
e his he
next morning, and which have already stated tie told me
from which the working parties be drawn, and tina,
Gen Twiggs division had been pushed in advance, and
piete as far as the econnoance had been made the day
Il the HI of ate ed an liza gave ,m me to a
Sd Ter R n d h as Was R bassd upon
Tower, Eng, and others-Ieut. Tower and Col. Riley
joined Gen Smith after sundown-and It was based upon
with the San Angel road In congregation with me- he
Question by deence-Was the plan of attack communi-
Gated the evening of the 18th and executed on the
morning of the Goth TO make an attack or diversion IN front
the same time to assa the enemy in reverse!
A-Yes- The troops under Gen Smith were TO take take "a
be in readiness make attack in 'front.' soon as Gen
Smiths troops discovered 1t was understood by me
that his attack be made all haZards whether the
attack made In front or not ; t Con
Pillow on the 18th previous the arrival Of Gen Scott
upon the field in relation the disposition oil the forces under
at Conireras ; and if so, what wee those orders!
Al not acquainted WITH ne orders gyeh py zen
informed Gen Twggs that should have to suspend max
had ,e opded the Working parties to return to their reg
and the tools to be repacked tie then ordered the
on Of n aceompaned the regiment Of rifles and do
leeolec seeing Gen Pillow, until him at Gen. Scots
o.-What time did Brig Gen Shields, with his brigade
Al do not know when it arrived; met them-it was
after dark the ravine three hundred yards south OF
Sc Scott sa A e F @ CT Gem my S Se
the avne they had crossed the Pedregal; IT was about
Gen Shields a and nH en Hammond crossed and
put them in WIN le sdge ny b ,
firing commenced wa about l O'Clock that it com
menced between Gen. Smiths advance, and the enemy's
A.As far as recoIec was about o'clock when we
under fire eas s sv a60nt @s and
~ owWitness viii state what time Gen; Pillow, with his
the enemy pcke from the adobe sun-baked brick build
A A0n the evening of the 9Th was at the Pedad and
was neither the occupation OF troops nor OF the enc
mys but that adobe house the intersection OF the Pedad
and N9 On the " the R 81 s o
were the possession of General Pillows division and Ri
eys brigade
Q.-Atthe time of the reconnaissance the morning OF
the 9 Piedad OF the works commanding the approach
the San Antonio Gata, there single gun IN posi-
those werks Were those works then in ncom
pee state7 State also the evening OF the llt when
the consultation held Piedad if the enemy lad moi
then in position eleven pieces of artillery
the approach from Pedad and four pieces in the works
thanking the left of this position! ,
A.On the morning OF the 9tl am sure there were t"q
guns in position San Antonio, several think
had guns there before On the evening OF the o ne
batteries extending the San Antonio ROAD were COIN
pee but the covered ways connecting them were ineo1
pete but were under construction If have not lost my
notes can tell the exact number OF guns in pooh On me
days referred The exact number OF guns nave IoIgot
enI think on the evening OF the iih there were more
than eleven when first counted the guns on that line
There five in position and the number increased from day
to day. 49,. ~ - a, nj, - ,o,t .
upon the works in front of San Antonio Ganta would ha
work in your opinion have been much easily taken
than it would have been the evening OF the th "heh
AWTthiuk II would have been much more easily taken OH
the 9th or ilth7tha at any time afterwards