. Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General . SEDGWICK for all his troops to join him. I think he willfight at Saltillo, and the next news will be of amost bloody battle. What the result will be, Idare not predict. It was a great mistake to divideour troops up, as has been done; but this planwas matured at Washington and must be more regiments have been ordered out,so I conclude there is no prospect of an end tothe war at present. I was in hopes of seeinghome early in the spring, but they begin to dissi-pate. There is a great deal of sickness amongthe volunteers, but very littl
. Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General . SEDGWICK for all his troops to join him. I think he willfight at Saltillo, and the next news will be of amost bloody battle. What the result will be, Idare not predict. It was a great mistake to divideour troops up, as has been done; but this planwas matured at Washington and must be more regiments have been ordered out,so I conclude there is no prospect of an end tothe war at present. I was in hopes of seeinghome early in the spring, but they begin to dissi-pate. There is a great deal of sickness amongthe volunteers, but very little among the reg-ulars. I have had uncommonly good healthsince I have been here. There is no news nowbut General Worths dangerous position. Sev-eral couriers have gone urging on the troops tohis assistance. I will give you the earliest newsthat can be relied on. I have expected to go toTampico, and still hope to leave this place. Ihad forgotten to mention that General Patter-sons command had not been changed. Your affectionate son, J. Sedgwick. 49. 1847 Camargo, Mexico, January i, 1847. My dear father: When I wrote last, 20th of last month, therewas every probability that General Worth hadbeen or soon would be attacked by the Mexicanarmy,.but it did not turn out so. The Generalwas right in everything but the numbers. Itproved to be a reconnoitering division of somethree or four thousand men, of which GeneralTaylor had perfect knowledge, but GeneralWorth brought him back by what he consideredbetter information. All the movements tookplace as I wrote you, and almost the wholearmy were concentrated there (Saltillo) for a fewdays. We were in great alarm here at the time,and put up additional works, mustering the 50 GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK citizens, etc., ready to meet them should theyundertake to take the place, as they undoubt-edly would if they had met with the leastsuccess. A mail arrived last night, but I didnot get a letter. It has now been nearly threemonths since I have had one
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