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

186 TAYLOR' S REPORT OF THE DAY.
arms, be permitted to point with pride to her share in the
fight; and each of her hardy sons'' May stand a tiptoe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of" —Mlonterey.
What Major General Butler says in the latter part of the
following extract, from his official report, of the situation
and conduct of his brigadiers-I-amer and Quitman-may,
with like propriety and justice, be said of the more humble
soldiers of his division:
"It is with no little pride and gratification that I bear testimony of the gallantry and general good conduct of my
command. Were proof wanting, a mournful one is to be
found in the subjoined return of the casualties of the day.
That part of my division properly in the field, did not exceed
eleven hundred, of which number full one-fifth was killed
or wounded. The fact that troops for the first time under
fire should have suffered such loss without shrinking, in a
continuous struggle of more than two hours, and mainly
against a sheltered and inaccessible foe, finds but few parallels, and is of itself an eulogium to which I need not add.
"' Of my bligadiers, it is proper that I should myself speak.
General Hamer was placed in a position where nothing brilliant could be achieved, but which at every moment imperatively demanded prudence, and calm, unbending courage. It
is but justice to him to say that I found him equal to the
emergency. General Quitman had before him a field in
which military genius and skill were called into requisition,
and honors could be fairly won; and I but echo the general
voice in saying that he nobly availed himself of the occasion."