Campaign Sketches

2d Dragoons 3d Infantry 4th Infantry advance Ampudia appearance Arista arms army arrived Artillery attack bank battalion battle beautiful Bragg's battery brevet Brigade Camargo camp Captain captured Cathedral cavalry Ceralvo chaparral Colonel command commenced companies crossed deserted Dragoons encamped enemy eral feet fell fight fire force Fort Jesup gallant gallantry guns hill honor horse hundred immediately immense Kentucky killed latter Lieutenant looked Major mand Matamoras ment mesquite Mexican Mexico Montemorelos Monterey morning mountains mules night officers onel ordered party passed pieces Plaza Point Isabel prairie Quitman ranch reached received regiment reported returned Reynosa rich Rio Grande river road Saltillo San Luis Potosi Santa Anna sent shot side soldier squadron star-spangled banner stream street Tampico Taylor Texans Texas thing thousand tion to-day took town troops Twiggs valley victory volunteers walls Worth wounded yards