M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-09-21

seen TO reel IN tnolT sauuleS' ~
that moment another charge was
made, ard when repulsed and Nor
gan's commrnd moved on to the
point where the men were fired upon,
blood was found, ard other evidence
was had that they had been killed
and their bodies dragged into the
chapparel and there robbed. Thus
raft Of hope, the gallant command re-
solved to sell their lives as dearly as
possible. Onward they moved, still
at intervals forming hollow square
to resist the charge. At about 81
o'clock in the afternoon, afar off was
seen a column Of men approaching,
and soon it was discovered they had
cannon. All supposed them to be a
rein forcement for the enemy, aud
the last hope forsook the gallant
band. Onward in their trout still
moved the advancing column, while
with loud cheers the command OF
Urea prepared to make final and
desperate charge. The troops in
front had by this time advanced 81
near that they unlitnbered their can,
non and placed it in position. DrawA
ing his men in a position whore
they would in some measure be cover.
ed BY the dense chapparel, Morgan
and his command had but to hope
for a speedy death; for to be taken
by the men Of Gen. Urrea's command
was death with more than savage
tofments. The caunen opened with
grape and canister, and that in
slant, amid the wild screams Of the
wounded enemy, the American flag
was seen waving amid the smoke Of
the advancing host. They were saw
ed. One OF the mesSengers-the
Maxicans had killed-but Stewart
had got through and communicated
with Irwin, and thus at the minute
all seemed to be lost the command
was saved. So borne down with
their great sufferings we're the men
of Morgan's command, that, when
the excitement was over, they drop
ped in their tracks, and many Of
them had to be carried to Morio, be
ing unable to walk. The concurrent
testimony of all the officers and mep
is that nothing saved the command
but the perfect drill Of the men, Even
at the moment when hope itself for.
sock them, each command was exc
cuted with the precision of clock
work, and fom wheeling from open
line into a hollow square to rasist
, cavalry, scarced seemed a moment
, of time. Awaiting the approach ol
the enemy until sure their fire would
be effective, it was delivered, and
then, before the horse of the enemy
, could reach them, the hollow square
was formed, the front rank kneeling
with fixed bayonets, and tho second
with bayonets at charge, resisting
. every effort to break the serrieG
: line.
A day or two before these scener
3 occurred, the great battle Of Buen'
! Vista was fought, and being tbC
r great battle, Gen Taylor summoned
q up Morgan's command near Morio
and thus one OF the hardest battleI
of the Mexican war is paleG by tina
of the greater one that made Gen
Tayl ylor President.
, After the term of service OF the q
OHIO had expired, Col. Morgan, il
leading these veterans home, wa
met by a commission appointing
him to the command of one Of the
, additional regiments raised by the
, United States to serve during the
war, and he proceeded to Scott't
, lines, where he jonined his new com
, mand, and participated in all the
battles of Mexico, until at the battle
; of G Cherubusco, he was 80 severely
wounded while leading his command,
as 10 incapacitate him for further ser
vice.
On the day preceding the battle
, of Cherubusco, while the lingering
and hard fought field of Contreraa
was in suspense, with the signs
OF victory in favor of the enemy, Col.
Morgan's regiment was detached
. from Its division and ordered to per-
form duty in capturing position
Of the enemy, its possession by our
T troops being deemed an essential to
/ success. The position was taken
and held, and from that moment the
victory was secured. So much i'm.
por.anc was attached to the storm
ing Of the position OF the Pedriial
! by the 18th (Morgan's Regiment,
, that the great quarrels between Gems
, Scott and PILLOW owed its origin tc
{ teach of these Generals claiming
a to have given the order for its execu
= tion-and upon the establishment o