. The Rough and ready annual;. ment, in whom lay all his hopes, appeared to be indisorder, his every nerve was alive with activity, and hisface blackened with the intensity of excitement. Everymanoeuvre of the field was within his grasp, and everysoldier felt that the eye of General Taylor was upon he placed himself in the square of the Mississippi-ans, they knew that victory was among them ; and noone of them would for a moment have thought of retreat-ing while he was there. A cardinal element of this victory was the mutualconfidence of army and leader. Most of the soldiers hadnever
. The Rough and ready annual;. ment, in whom lay all his hopes, appeared to be indisorder, his every nerve was alive with activity, and hisface blackened with the intensity of excitement. Everymanoeuvre of the field was within his grasp, and everysoldier felt that the eye of General Taylor was upon he placed himself in the square of the Mississippi-ans, they knew that victory was among them ; and noone of them would for a moment have thought of retreat-ing while he was there. A cardinal element of this victory was the mutualconfidence of army and leader. Most of the soldiers hadnever fought under the General ; they knew him only asthe hero of Resaca and Monterey, and as the companionof their hardships. But they had associated his namewith victory, and during every peril of tiie battle, neverdreamed of defeat. They didnH know uhcn they icerebeaten.^^ Perhaps no one idea was so prominent in theminds of those brave men during the whole conflict, as adesire to serve their commander—their reward was ~3-f ^Ar ^
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