Sketches of the campaign in northern Mexico : in eighteen hundred forty-six and seven / by an officer of the First Regiment of Ohio volunteers.

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2. In case the Texan volunteers, under Major General
HIenderson, should arrive in time, they will be thrown in
advance, except four companies, which will form the rearguard instead of the infantry above indicated. The dragoons
in that case will march with the first division. Four men
frorn Captain Gillespie's company will be attached to each
of the rear divisions —2d and volunteers-to be employed as
expresses, etc.
3. The habitual order of battle will be as follows: The Ist
division on the right, the 2d division on the left, and the
volunteer division in the center. The chiefs of divisions will
organize such reserves as they may deem necessary. The
above order is not invariable, but may be controlled by the
nature of the ground.
By order of Maitjor General TAYLOR,
W. W. S. BLISTS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
At c(awn on the 18th of September, the slumbering camp
was aroused by the gay notes of the reveille from drum and
bugle. In a few minutes, the thousand tents which had
checkered the verdant little valley disappeared, the morning
meal was eaten, and the foremost troops began to cross the
stream and march toward Mionterey, still eight leagues distant. It was an animating spectacle, that gallant little army
of ours, pressing boldly forward to the mountain peaks that
had long guided our steps, and which stood like giant sentinels around the city that was soon to rock and ring with the
shock of contending arms. But doubtless there were some