Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-02-17
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Campaign Sketches ot the y ar riM .licrico, by
CAPT. ". 5. Henry, L. s .i-,Ntc lorh-Hupers,
ISL.
n Campaign IN .Nt,c .Ncrico nth col Doqilha, by
F,onk 5 Ed,ra,ds, a Joitoteet.- Corey s. Iiot. Pm
hdciptia, ISIS.
n Campaign in Ncrico, Glimpse al Lite in
camp. Hy" One pho has wcuhe Elephant IA1adcl
phu-Grige Il Elliott, ISL
Tie tores1ing the titles Of three Of the first we
have seen ol class of work, d sncd to be very hume
rous Our army both REGULAR and volunteer contains So
many men Of intelligence and cultivated minds. aud the
race for authorship So prevalent that may expect
nearly every tenth man, Who has the elephant,
beat his sword steel peas and give his personal
experience the several cam ,li9ns. Such VAS the east
ON the coueuslon Of the wal in Europe, The nnmbcl
If such narratives tncturrd the genera literature o The
day in England. And what may not expect IN our
country Where the class Of readers is 50 vastly larger,
and the public sympa hy eXpansve NospoeIcs Of
wiring is more attractive, and We think thu exhibition
of the privatons Of the 1.-the snfu.s Of the march
and the awful horror, Of the battle field, has good ef
feet in coooieracng the impression made upon the aod
by the inflated generaucs with which described
by the historian or by the charms thrown around II b.,
the imagination Of the poet SCOTS prose and poetry,
as long as read Will keep alive martial tastes
1t is well to something Of grim slsased W.T. BE-.
fore the historian has 'smoolhed his wrjnkIed front
The first work mentioned is the first in point of mer
it as in date of publication Capt Henry, of the 81 la
fanry is known the agreeable Mcsrcan correspondent
If the New York Spirit of the Times. His work g,n-
orally diary, aud have the and specnlaons
of each day recorded from The landing OF the troop,
Corpus Chrlsil until the capture oil Monterey. With.
L le is
HIS Of the battles Of the etb and 9Th Of May,
and Of the sormng OF Monterey. very graphic, and
with the assistance of the typographical plans enable
to form very adequate conception Of those brilliant at
fairs There Is much 10 interest and instruct Ii the DO k,
and IT canno fail to have a wide c,cul.ton
a Campaign in New MeNco'' is from the pen Of
private in Capt. Weshtmaa's volunteer Flying Ar
cry. II giyss interesting narrative of the woudrous
cxprditiooof Col. Donphan--an expedition which. all
things considered, has parallel in modern times
Though sustained fully by the official account one an
hardly credit lhenaratye he gives of the battle Of Sa
cramcnto.
The ,hrd on the list is work of pretcnson than
either Of the Others and yet full OF interest L. also
is from The pen Of private, who writes well enough to
be a Captain. lie SETS forth what happened before him.
aud nothing more, and this gives truth like air all he
says We have, after reading his itlle book far BET
ter conception OF the hardshlps which volunteers are
ea posed camp, especially when under the command OF
incompetent field officers. The writer belonged to the
part OF the Indiana regiment which behaved badly at
Buena sta lis of the ransactiJnis the most
natural that have He shows that The dis ride
arose from the ignorance Of the Colonel and the want o
confidence III ir on the part Of HE men. here was
no lack oeouage in Cob. Boales, aud still less in the
volunteers u his command.
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