The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-15
MILITARY SPIRIT AND GENTS oE rup
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SOUTH.
MAYOR d. ii. Hill, of the North Carolina Milit.r,
institute, in his essay on Military Education
delivered at Wilmington, North Carolina. hefor
the state Educational Convention, thus illustrate
the military spirit and genius of the Southern nao
pie:
Inc armies of the Revolution were commando,
py ashlngton, Southern General. The ofIicar
WIZ distinguished themselves in an especial man
n Her Ia the war OF 1872, were Southern born an,
Southern BRED ackson. Coffee Harrison g..
ana Games. The commanding Generals in n,
Mexican war, Scott and Taylor. were both Of VIZ
gina; The Chief of Ordnance under Gen. Scott
S. 1ne next most important officer Huger
oo4th Caroina. The Chief of Engineers was Lee
OF virginia, the only man the army Acknowledged
20 oe III 10 be the successor to Gen. Scott Tn,
chlet leaders in skirmishng were Lane, of Nort[
CaToIna, and Hays, OF Tennessee
The light batteries of Artillery which did sro,
wonderful execution at Palo Alto, Resaca dc Ia Pal
ma, Monterey, Buena VISTA and in the vollev ~
Mexico, were generally under the command Of
inmton menaKi9ggod Ridgeley Bragg Wash
nance was under the control of Huger, of s q
and Laidly, of Virginia. The battery of mount III
hoWltzers, was directed by Reno, of Virginia. Tho
dashing charge OF cavalry at Resaca de la Palma,
winch has worldwide reputation, was made h.,
MAY, OF Washington city. A far more brilIian,
AFFAIR was witnessed by ten thousand American sol
olers drawn up in battle array on the beach of Vro
Cruz, and by English, French and Spanish vessels
OF war IN the harbor. little steamer armed with
Two neaVy pieces OF ordnance and manned by Soma
~ sailors, pushed up under the very walls Of Varo
Cruz, with its 400 pieces of artillery and within
easy range of the formidable Castle of San Juan
u Uloa, and from that position bombarded the city
Tor nall an hour. Proectilesofan enormous WEIGHT
and size fell thick as hail-stones Around the Iifte
vessel, any of which must have sunk her. The in
terest OF the spectators painful in the extreme
put sne very lnslgnlfcance of the steamer proved
an enicient protection; she was two small a mark
to be hit, and as she came back bearing her ralan.
crew, all dressed in their red Jackets the very earth
shook with the cheers of the ten thousand eyultant
voices on the beach. The officer in command was
rainfall, OF Georgia, the same who, at the risk Of
his commission and his life, interposed last wear
and rescued the defeated British at the Peiho Fort
in China. VI u
During the siege of Fort Brown the pulley of the
nag became so deranged that it could not be raised
An oiIcer climbed the staff, and in the midst of a
terrible tempest of shot and shells, calmly and de-
ilberately arranged the hayards, righted the mil
ley, and hoisted the flag. The exploit of Jasner
at Fort Moultrie, was nothing in comparison
with this daring deed. That officer was Hanson. Of
" ashlngton city, descendant of John Hanson. ot
Maryland, President of the First Congress, and
Col John Hanson Harrison one of the most distin.
gul:hed OF Washingtons aids Years before the
siege OF Fort Brown, Gen. Worth had pronounced
MN the bravest man in the army. He was gentle
ana modest as girl, and courteous to all n do
voted and enthusiastic Christians gentleman in
the highest acceptation of the word. Just after
the battle of Contreras a rude litter, with a dear
olicer on it, was borne by. Sergeant. what Officer
Is that! Capt Hanson, of the 7th Infantry ,sirp
Inc soldier had fallen on the field honor.
Two gallant brothers, Capt Weightman K. Ham
son, ttn infantry, the most enterprisng Young Off
GER OF the Florida war, and Passed Midshipmar
John Hanson, both also fell in the service of tbeil
country. santa Anna made the fatal mistake, at
zero Gordo, of leaving Telegraph Hill unfortiied
General Scott discovered it, and sent up youuo
eiilcer, with some 70 men, to seize it. An immense
Iorce OF Mexlcans came to dislodge him. He threw
MS men behind rocks and trees and sent for succor
ne lille regiment came up and found themselye,
hotly pressed; and would have been driven back
Dut ior the timely arrival of the I'd Infantry. Du
ring all this time that gallant lieutenant held hi
posltlon and had he lost it, the battle of Cerrc
Gordo never would have been won That intrenii
young man was Gardner, of Washington CITY,
The storming column against the main work or
Gerro Gordo hill was led by that tried veteran
Harvey, of Georgia. 81
Major Hill adds that the South has not merely
eVinced military spirit on the field but in author
snip. The books in use on Infantry tactics ware
prepared by Scott, of Virginia, and Hardee. q
Georgia The Manual of Artillery Tactics. in nsn
Is by Major Anderson, of Kentucky. The onI,
works IN this country on the science of Art;IIerv
written in the English language, are bv KINGS
bury and Gibbon, of North Carolina, and the oniy
books on Military Engineering, by Mahan, of Wiz.
glnia. The published experiments of Mordecai. o
South Carolina, convey all our information q
strength of gunpowder and cannon. and nrone,
tests for their trial ~ F'OF''