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

GENERAL WORTH. 77
always in action at the right place and the right time; and
its well-directed fire dealt destruction in the masses of the
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We found General Worth, in this, my first and only interview with him, pacing his tent with much the air of a caged
lion. Hie had that morning received orders to hold his division in readiness for a movement in the direction of Monterey;
and was most anxious to hasten events. IHe informed us
that he would march on the 19th, and was to establish himself at Cerralvo until the arrival of the other divisions at that
place. Colonel Duncan had just returned from a reconnoissauce to Puntagnada, and reported that the roads, which it
was supposed had been made nearly impassable by the summer rains, were in good condition, and that water was not so
scarce as on the route between 3Mlatamloros and Camargo.
This was cheering intelligence, and the ambitious and chivalrous spirit of Worth, chafed at missing the glories of Palo
Alto and Resaca, now burned to press firward and pluck
from the hights of Monterey a laurel as fresh and green as
that which crowned his rival.
It will be recollected by the reader that, in consequence of
a disagreement with General Twiggs concerning rank,
(Twiggs being the senior colonel, and Worth a general by
brevet) he had resigned his commission and returned to the
United States before the battles on the Rio Grande were
fought. When the unexpected and startling news of those
actions reached him at Washington, he withdrew his resignation and immediately repaired to Mexico, where he added
greatly to his reputation as a soldier, by the brilliant manner
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