Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-11-26

the last ulood shed in the campaign. The
Palmettoes fired the first, end the last gun of
this campaign.
With the honors of the day as the only
compensation for our hard lot, we sank to
sleep. "And the morning and the evening
were the third day."
The order of investment was this: Worth S
brigade occupied the south side of the city,
Patterson's division next, covering the rear
and west side Of the city; and Twigg's brig
ade occupied the north side, including the
little village of Vergara, about three miles
from the city The distance from beach to
beach was about seven miles, and the lines
were extended so as to form complete chain
of investment, stopping all communication
with the city. The line of investment was
about three miles from the city, though our
position was frequently nearer. Twiggs
brigade was landed on the evening of the
10th, and they reached Vergara and closed
the investment on the 18th. They had oc-
casional slight skirmishing in their advance.
Twiggs was just in time to capture train OF
mules loaded with wine and provisions for
the city. This was distributed among the
army.
They made no sorties, but shut themselves
up in the city, trusting to their fortified
places for protection. In fact the garrison
was too week to act except defensively. We
had splendid army of more than $4,000,
while they had only 6 or 1000, about 2,0OV
of whom were in the castle.
The following is an enumeration of the
army:
.fWorth's 1st brigade of regulars consis-
ted of Duncan's battery of horse artillery,
the I'd and Sd regiments of artillery, the
4th, 9th, 9th and Sth regiments of infantry,
with the addition of two independent COM
panies of volunteers. Twiggs' I'd brigade
of regulars-Taylor's battery, the LIST and
18th regiments of artillery, the lst, I'd, Sd
and 7th regiments of infantry, and the regi-
ment of mounted rifemen. Patterson's di-
vision of volunteers, composed of three brig
AIDES: Pillows brigade-the lst and I'd
regiment from Tennessee, the lst and I'd
from Pennsylvania, and Steptoe's battery !;
Quitman's brigade-the Palmetto regiment,
one from Georgia and one from Alabama;
Shields brigade-one regiment from New
York, and two from Illinois. The cavalry,
separately, consisted of detachments from
the lst and I'd regiments of dragons, and
one regiment from Tennessee"
The Palmetto regiment had now 1,OOO.-
The New York and Pennsylvania regiments
were also new levies, and were full each con-
tanning about 500 men. The Georgia, Ala
bama, Tennessee and Illinois regiments had
been nearly twelve months in service, and
we're greatly reduced by disease and death.
They had passed the previous summer on the
Rio Grande, and the deaths had told terri
bly on their ranks. These regiments aver
aged about 500 men. The whole army num-
bered from II to $4,000 men. About half
of them were regulars, and of the volunteers,
half of them had been nearly year in SER
vice, and were perfectly disciplined. twas
glorious army, perfectly skilled in the high
est science of war, disciplined, brave, and
eager or battle. 1 doubt whether the world
ever saw finer little army, and | doubt
whether, with equal numbers, Bonaparte,
Wellington, or Marlborough could have won
field from it.