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

24 TAYLOR'S CAMPAIGN.
of artillery and the hurrahs of the crowds that thronged the
streets, daily penetrated to his chamber, announcing the arrival of troops from the North, and their departure for the
hostile shores of Mexico.
The governors of Louisiana and Texas, upon whom, it
will be remembered, General Taylor had called for reinforceinents, had long previous complied with his requisition; but
their troops, though raised almost as quickly as the fabled
battalions of Cadmus, and transported with the speed of
steam, arrived too late to share the first harvest of laurels.
The battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma had been
fought and won by our gallant little army. The nation, that
had awaited the shock with breathless anxiety, was dazzled by
the radiance of those brilliant victories. From that hour,
"' Old Rough and Ready " became the first of living men in
the hearts of his countrymen; and as the gloom of war deepnedl, the glittering galaxy of his manly virtues shone out
with that enduring lustre, which no subsequent calumny
could obscure. The battles on the Rio Grande opened a
compaign, which, terminating with the perilous conflict on the
heights of Buena Vista, need not shrink from a comparison
with any in our history; and whatever may be the verdict of
posterity concerning the justice of the war, it must ever be
conceded that it was conducted on our part with great humanity, and waged to a successful issue with a skill and
prowess never surpassed in any quarter of the globe.