. El puchero; or, A mixed dish from Mexico, embracing General Scott's campaign, with sketches of military life, in field and camp, of the character of the country, manners and ways of the people, etc . ssociates,there are many young men of superior acquirements, who are taking-valuable lessons in this great school for practice. LETTER XXVI. Uuconditional Surrender of the City—Occupation of the Citadel—StreetFighting—Rifles versus Escopets—Proclamations—A sad City—Deckedout with Flags-Return of tlie Absent—Shifting Quarters—Fatalityamong Field-Officers. City of Mexico, September, th
. El puchero; or, A mixed dish from Mexico, embracing General Scott's campaign, with sketches of military life, in field and camp, of the character of the country, manners and ways of the people, etc . ssociates,there are many young men of superior acquirements, who are taking-valuable lessons in this great school for practice. LETTER XXVI. Uuconditional Surrender of the City—Occupation of the Citadel—StreetFighting—Rifles versus Escopets—Proclamations—A sad City—Deckedout with Flags-Return of tlie Absent—Shifting Quarters—Fatalityamong Field-Officers. City of Mexico, September, the night of the 13th, our troops were making the ne-cessary preparations for bombarding the city. Worths divisionwas in occupation of the garita of San Cosme, and Quitmans ofthat at Belen. While anxiously waiting for the morning guns,that seemed now to be a matter of course, the news was passed thatthe Mexican army had vacated the city, and that the civil authori-ties had offered capitulation to the Commander-in-chief. Quitman 10* r S \\y\c\ oT lUc )*.*20!«*8lr847 byMitfor TiirtiJtull lanUiin . M^flellanLieul. llurdrusUt /i/w/ Enauiten. m -^ft V*/ <v^, V ./ua/t dtJim _^ 114 EL PUCUERO, OR occupied the citadel immediately, leaving there in garrison the 2dPennsylvania volunteers; he then moved on to the grand plaza, andpalace. Scott rejected all terms with the citizens, requiring an uncon-ditional surrender, which could no longer be refused. lie enteredthe city triumphantly early on the morning of the 14th; the starsand stripes were already waving over the national palace of Mexico;and we thought all contest was for a time at an end; not so, how-ever. Santa Anna had opened the doors of the prisons, and turnedout thousands of felons, who, arms in hands, opened an unexpectedfire in all quarters on our troops in the streets, while the assassinswere half concealed on the house-tops, and sheltered by the fire
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