Our next-door neighbor- a winter in Mexico (1875) (14764038042)

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Title: Our next-door neighbor: a winter in Mexico
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Haven, Gilbert, Bishop, 1821-1880
Subjects: Mexico -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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were hours of the day, knew it not, but rallied and foughton, the infantry now covering the artillery, the artillery now defending the infan-try, the cavalry overwhelmed by legions of lancers, and union of effort nowhere—fought on, and at last wrung victory from the hands of assured defeat. The field is but little changed. The road to La Angostura is still the thor-oughfare across it; winding along the foot of the hills on its left, and lookingdown into the fissures and yawning gaps which made the valley to the right soimpassable even to skirmishers. I stopped where the famous battery was plant-ed across the road, literally our last hope, and tried to recall the feeling of themoment. On the left all was lost; Clay, MKee, Hardin, and Yell were dead:where all were brave, but one regiment was standing fast—the only one whichthrough all the weary hours of the changing struggle had not turned its facefrom the enemy—I mean the Third Indiana. Against the battery so supported, !§§MI,
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«sk /I ANOTHERS VISIT TO THE FIELD. 383 This victory gave General Taylor, the command of the wholecountry we have been traversing the last four clays. In fact, itgave him control up to the capital. Had it not been for politicalfears lest his great success, especially if he added to it the captureof the city, would insure him the Presidency, he would have un-doubtedly been ordered to advance. As it was, his troops weretaken from him, and transferred to General Scott. Among themwas a youth who was lowest on the roster, Lieutenant Grant. Gen-eral Taylor was left idle, while a new fighting to the same citylevel had to be bloodily carried up Cerro Gordo and like terribleheights, simply to divide the honors between two generals of thesame party, and so prevent the Presidential success of either. TheGovernment squandered millions of dollars and many lives for pure-ly political reasons. Mexico was actually conquered at the battleof Buena Vista. Had it been vigorously followed, a month wouldh