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

CONTENTS. xi
Hamer. His character and services. Military events of the autumn reviewed.
Saltillo and Tampico abandoned by the enemy. The Mexican forces concentrated under General Santa Anna at San Luis de Potosi. Columns of Generals
Kearney and Wool. Proposition of the American government referred by Santa
Anna to the Mexican Congress. The armistice terminated. Worth's division
occupy Saltillo. Twiggs' and Quitman's march to Victoria. p. 219
CHAPTER VIII.
False reports. Why and how we went to Saltillo. The loan of a donkey. Forced
march across the Sierra Madre. Mountain scenery. La Rinconada. The Aloe
plant. Los Muertos. The tierra templada. Bivouac at the Palomas pass.
Conduct of the natives. A cotton factory. Scarcity of fuel. Sufferings of the
troops. Rabbit hunts. A visit to Saltillo. Christmas-eve. Another stampede.
Lassoing a team. Return to Monterey. - - - - p. 253
CHAPTER IX.
Monterey garrisoned by our regiment. The battalion of' San Patricio. How the
monks of San Francisco diddled us. A few words about volunteer troops.
Expedition against Vera Cruz. Arrival of General Scott in Mexico. His letter
to General Taylor. Its bearer, Lieutenant Richey, killed. The divisions of
Worth, Twiggs and Patterson sent back to the coast General Taylor returns
to Monterey. His letter to General Scott. Scouting parties captured by the
enemy. Taylor hastens to join Wool at Saltillo. Changes his head-quarters to
Agua Nueva. Reasons for taking that position. Advance of Santa Anna.
Taylor fills back to Buena Vista. Sights and sounds at Monterey. General
Urrea moves from Tula upon our line. He captures Lieutenant Barbour'strain.
Besieges Lieutenant Colonel Irvin at Marin. Attacks Colonel Morgan's battalion. Glorious news from Buena Vista. - - - - p. 275
CHAPTER X.
Bearers of dispatches from head-quarters arrive at Monterey. We prepare to
escort them to Camargo. A train tacked on. Description of the convoy.
Appearance of the country and villages. The massacre near Ramas. The
affair with the Mexican cavalry at Cerralvo. General Urrea retreats to Tamaulipas. Friendly reception by the citizens of Cerralvo. Pronunciamiento of the