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

156 AMERICAN TROOPS AT MIONTEREY.
25d Brigade, rMackall's battery,
I 5th Infantry,
Commanded by th Infantry,
Col. P. F. Smith. 1 th Infantry,
~lBlanchard's Company of La. Volunteers.
Third Divi8ion, GENERAL BUTLER.
Brigade of i 1st Ohio regiment,
Gen. Hamer. 1st Kentucky regiment.
Brigade of $I 1st Tennessee regiment,
Gen. Quitman. Mississippi Rifle regiment.
Gen. Henderson. i 1st Regiment Texan Rangers,
2d c c
Webster's battery (two 24-pound HIowizers) 1st Artillery.
It was evident from the first that there would be a vigorous defense. The enemy made no petty sallies, or boastful
displays of strength, but lay quietly behind their walls,
awaiting the attack for which they were so well prepared.
The greatest difficulty, that of breaking the exterior line, and
effecting a lodgment within the city, was to be encountered
at the outset. That accomplished, the enemy's superiority of
artillery would be no longer felt, and the rest of the work
would be comparatively easy to our skillful troops. HIad we
possessed a correct knowledge of the Mexican works, there
can be no question, it is presumed, but that a night attack
would have been advisable under the circumstances. In the
want of all reliable information, the battle promised, as
indeed it proved to be, a headlong assault of infantry columns over an open plain, within full view and range of the