Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-23

the ground and along the road. As N )st of these
were killed as they asd their loss must have been
much greater.
The line Of march was sgain formed, Lsslie's,
Fauels and Higlsys companies in advance, while
CrawfOrds aud Wilson's were held in reserve In
this order We bad proceeded to within q mils or
less OF Granada, when the advance was again fred
upon from much stronger barricade, and By
much larger force. Tue firing was kept up very
briskly by the enemy aud our advance for some
minutes, when the order was given to charge The
charge was not made, but the firing Of the advance
partially ceased until tue reserve was brought up,
when 1t was again renewed with greater spirit by
cur party. The enemy kept their ground; Capt.
Crawford again charged the bsrrcade, In the
Charge not man was lost. Capt. Hlgley conduc-
ted bimsef WIKI coOlQess and bravery and lined
IN the charge. 10 this engagement. his company
suffered severely, having fvs or SIX killed and
number wouaded. The enemy 8 loss is unknown
A number Of their dead were found along the
road. Part Of their forces re reated down the
beach while another portion fell back along the Tip
ltspa road to another barricade Tney were Only
pursued short distance. Our men returned, gath
cred up their wounded (wao were left uuder the
protection OF Captain Wilson's company and
then took tie Aforesaid road in pursuit of tue eCe
N.Y. When within between two and thtes hun
dred ysr-s Of some Indian huts in the vicinity of
Granada, which we're not burned, our men were
again fred upon from behind strongly entreach-
ed barricade. This being on the top Of bill our
men were exposed to deadly fire as they ascen-
ded; but by squatting on tho first discharge they
escaped. Had TIE order to charge been strictly
Obeyed, our loss would have tsen heavy. But ia
stead Of charging, Capt awtord made fauk
movement, under cover Of Il o brow of the bill and
some huts, which stood on tee opposite side OF the
road from the bsrricsde. This brought them in full
view of the enemys left, which was unprotected.
On tho first FIRE the enemy fed, leaving several of
their number dead upon the grou d, and enc a
prlsoCer. Oar less IVES Only = few slightly woun-
ded. At this bsrriGsde the enemy was fOuc or fTe
hundred strong Here cur ior0l was baited until
the wounded could be brought up. Capt. Wilson,
who was left in charge OF the wounded, took
prisoner who vas in search Of his company
Shortly after the wounded were brought up the
enemy reveiile ws5 heard
Capt. Wilson was aga left with the wound d,
while the main body went il search Of q ale route
by which to convey the wounded to he church
hold by cgc friends, before daylight exposed our
weakness to the enemy. The Spanish ca2tlil
piloted them in saf5ty t, within sigat OF tbs
church, when Capt. Leslie went to cur friends to
Jet them know we were coming, aud returned il
safety. In conveying tie wounded the guide took
She wrong road, and went nearly TO the besch be
fore he discovered his mistake. Owing to this
delay we did not reach the church until after day
light. While waiting for the wounded, q short
distance from the church. ore Of the native troops
marched right in among our advance troops and
was captured. North Of the church is q bsrracade
between which and the church is an open fp zee
about one hundred yards across, whsr5 nose car
rylrg the wounded we're exposed to the enemys
fire from the church they held, and from sharp
shooters posted in the clapp3re. Tbey were pro-
tec.ei by CRpts. Crawford and Lesliss Rangers.
Two OF cur men were severely wounded before
rea hing the church, one through the neck ami
another through the hand. Capt Leslie sad one
other were killed by the ,nsmy's saa7p-s1oo.ers
after we reached tie church. They ed ct every
man who exposed himself at the windows and
doors Mosl OF our forcs went on to the bArri :ade
which Gen. Remington had chrjsieaed Fort Hex
~, in honor Of hsj Jr Henry, sni received q VOL
ley from the enemy concealed IN the bush along
the rosd AMI round of canister from tie cannon
Which they had mounted on tower in TIE rear
of the church-but beth were harmless Lieut.
Taylor who went up as a volunteer, was killed in
going down hOn The church. Every row ard
tneu tie mountain how'll r four pOuaGer TT
the church, and tue nine 20 Inders at Fort .nry,
were turned loose upon sue enemy, to k ep taern
at proper distance 10 riding from tn barr C lde
10 The church, Capt. Kelly, one Of Gen Helriug-
sen s old, ws7 shot 10 tie LIigh Of VIII ch ne died
after reaching San George Tne Gen pelf r.ned
the ga re feat amid q shower Of slo1 out tsyaped
upluTt
Shortly after our force g! into the b5ssgei, the
fort, on the river he'd 10y the enemy, was seel 10
be on fire and they retrea:iny t. their barrie des
below. Som active preparations were made Tor
shipping tn wCuniei, SICK, and every thing else
on b ard the steamer, which was not cen, ted
til mex morning Our troops held POSSESSION of
the church TIL mi might An the cannon were
shipped except a -four pounier left by the
enemy in the fort on the beach, which was thrown
into tbs lake, it being considered impossible to
hoist it on board Toe next moruing by daylight
we were on our way down to San George We
had not been out long When a heavy tl)w cine
on, accompanied by rain, which threl.ened to Goa
sgu % to wateTy grave. To prevent this We
had to change our C0u Sc and Tu1 before e wind,
until We reached shelter lder Onetepec. Owing
to this did Jt reach our anchorage until DARK
which rendered gong ashore in hongos diff ulr
and dangerous. Several lold5 were caps;zeI BY
the hesvy waves, when lear Shore None were
loss Our wounied aad sick suffered intensely
from exposure to the wind and ram from which
the steamer sfJrdei but hit protection. Oue
msn d Of his wounds and s0o.her Of cholera,
on the way down. When LETT the steamer there
we're two or three Wh) looked as though they
would ''go under az they say h re.
SuocOr reached Granada N the nick o. Ii ne. The
force there bad been hemmed in nineteen DAYS.
and had been reduced by the enemy, disease and
ues5ruOn from De Ween four and hY5 hundred, TO
less than Cns hundred and fly. They had run out
of provisions and been on saorI alo vance of horse
AID niue meat, aud had eyeu killed q d ea.en
dogs an cats They had one horse, ous mule and
one dog left Such had besl their exposed cJndi.
ton that they could no. sfJrd their dad decent
burial saw, near the church, where iolr and
FIVE had beCu sid IN pile on top of the ground;
and in every direction c)u.d be seen the bones OF
Americans and the dried up c0rpses of the natives
And along the roads and streets We trs7efsed could
b. seel, thlCky sreWn, graves AID csrc4sses,
wach showed tina. the enemy had suffered s.vere
ly. Our folk, W isn attacked, took the plazI,
where they coustfuc.ed Oacrica les of trunks and
boxes. From the plaza they fought their way own
to the Ch1TcH, wII5l they took from the enemy
and fOTunsd. 81 many n go small plaza, being
cut of from water rendered il necessary 10 divide
the force. For ibis purpose Gen. HenuIngsen had
trenches dag and .rricades erectei hat way be
~ en- the Glurca a ID tho lake Had we MT ar
rived wnea Wa did Gen Hanningseu would have
attempted to reEcn lake. BY sdV4ucug bis di ca.
Is so ss 70 0ommsnd he enemy's position, when
VITA bis cannon hs uUp5d to drive tn N from their
fort and barriCsdes. de might have succeeded, but
t would have been doubtful, with his small and de-
biIta;ed force. Those under bis conms1d had the
u most Cou6de2ci 10 his courage ability and ski
70 perform 9hatevrr he uuderlakeI Tne preser
vsuGn Of MS he { re aud ordinance under the
circumstances, SUD - hun 70 be no ordusry mln.
The success OF our little force 10 marching t1ro'
the enemy hue tsstn their Osrrcsdes sitter night
and they between fifteen hundred and two thu
ssad strOng,is truly miraculous. Had thsy K iown