The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-11-25

Battle Of Buona Vista.
ny ALBERT rIvK.

WOODY tide,
"Asrs :Ae enemy came sargins like lie Ais'i.-
ND the ReaEsr, Death, WAS busy, with hi. sickle
red with blood.
Santa Aans boosted loudly that before two urs
we're past
Hs Lsscers through s.l,po should pursue us
thick AMI FAST
On Game his solid infantry liae marching after
line;
10! their great standards in the sun like sheets
Of silver shine
VIII thousands upon thousand, yea, with more
sAss fsus TO one;
A'sorcst Ut bright bayonsts siesms fercely in the
sun.
10! 0uansjuato's rcgimcnt.--E.o! Puebla's boss-
ted corps,
And 0uadalsjnras choses. troops.-all veterans
tried before;
AID galloping along ther ght four thousand Ian
ces CLEAN
Where. waving in tho morning, liyh. their blood.
red pennons ;tream,
AAAthere, his stern artillery climbs up the broad
plsteau-
7s-day he means 10 strike at us An overwhelming
blow.
Now hold on strongly to the heights for, 10.
tho mighty tide,
Cones laundering like an avalanche, deep, terri
BILE aud wide.
How, Illinois, stand resdy now, Kentucky, to
their aid!
For portion OF their line, alas! is broken and
dismayed;
ArsgimsDt Of III gitivss is fleeing from the field :;
And sne DAY Is lost IL Illinois and brave Kentucky
yield.
On Of o'BRlES's guns are gons'-on, Oh, their
Aad their Infantry and Lancers now are passln Z
round our rear;
DE- troops are driven from the hills, and Zee In
wild dismay.
And round us gathers thick and dark the Mex
lean ARRAY.
Bassa Anna thinks the day is gained : and riding
yet more near
2ison's dark ciosd Of Lancers s.sruly menaces
our rear.
Nov y q. s gallant s0n''em.n' lies dead up.
Who strovs to stay those men who In the storm
How WASHINGTON! fire fast and truc!-drs
SHERMAN true, and brave
Lol BRAGG cones laundering to the front to
breast the mighty wave.
baata Ana taisss the day is gained-on, on His
masses crowd
An roar VI battle rises up orc terrible and lou
Not yeti our brave old General comes to regain
the day
Kentacky to the rescue mississippi to the
Now charge brave lllinoisians! gallant DA-
Wis drives the foe,
And back before his rifles the red waves Of
Laneers flow
Upos them yet once more nay braves the av-
slanchs IS stayed,
Beck rolls the Mexiqus multitude all broken
and dismayed.
Hoi MAY!-to Buena Vista for the enemy
are near,
And W have none there who can step their We
henent career:
6tiI1bwelling, downward ecmss the tide; POR-
TER and YELL are slam,
AARSHALL before him drives q part; bu.
still they charge again,
And now in wild confusion mixed, pursuers
and pursued,
o. - oaltillo wildly drifts frantic multitude
Upss tAsm with your squadrons, MAY,-Out
leaps the shining steel,
Before his ser Eied column, how the frightened
Lancers reel;
They nee amain! Now to the left TO stay their
triumph there,
Or else the day is surely lsst in horror despair;
For their hosts are pouring swiftly on, Ike a
river in the spring,
Our flank 10 turned and on our left their cam
non laundering.
New brave artillery bold Dragon. STEADY
my men be firm;
Through rain and hail and thunder; NOW nerve
each gallant am,
thicker than before,
Wen stand against them, as the rock stands
firm against the shore;
Le-thsr battery is siienced now: our iron
hail still showers,
They falter, halt, retreat Hurra the glori-
Gus day is ours.
IN front, too, has the fight gone well, whs-s
upon gallant LANE,
And on stout Mississippi the bold Lancers
charged in van,
Al! brave Th,rc Indiana! We have noby wiped
away
Tee Teproach that through another corps, befel
your state to-day,
Like corn before the tempest crush d before
your storm Of fire,
Santa Annals boosted chvalry shatte, ed
wreck retire.
Now charge again S.nta Anna! or the day is
surely lost,
For back like broken waves, along Our left
your hordes are tossed,
Still louder roars his batteries, his strong re-
serve moves on,
More work is there before youS men, ere the
good fight is won;
Now for your wives AMI children stand steady
my braves once more,
Now for your lives, your honor, fight as you
never fought before
Hoi HARDIN breasts il hgave'y MCKEE
and BIS ELL there,
Stand firm before the storm Of balls that fills
the astonished air;
The Lancers are upon them too, the foe swarIas
ten 10 one
HARDIN is slain-MckEE and CLAY the
last time see the SUI!
And many anohes gallant heart, in that last
desperate fray.
Grew cold, its last thoughts turning to lis loved
ones far away.
Still suiienly the cannon roared-blt die! away
at last,
And DER the dead and dying came the evening
shadows fast;
And then above the mountains rose the cold
moons silyery shield,
And patiently and pltyingy looked down upon
the field
And careless Of his moandcd and neglected. Of
his dead,
Despairngy and su!lcn, in the night Santa An
na tied
And thus, on Bnena visia's heights a long day's
work was done,
And thus our brave I'D General another battle
won
And still orr glorious banner waves unsanel
By fight or shame
And the Mexcans Among tacir hills still trern-
BILE at or name.
30 honor unto those that stood dissrce 10 those
that aea;