. The Rough and ready annual;. yingly lookd down upon the field;And careless of liis wounded, and neglectful of his dead,Despairingly and sullenly in the night the foeman fled. And thus on Buena Vistas heights a long days work was done,And there our brave old General another battle won :And still our glorious banner waves, unstained by flight or shame,And the Mexicans, among their hills, still tremble at our honor unto those who stood ! Disgrace to those that fled !And everlasting glory to the brave and gallant dead. THE DEATH OF COLONEL YELL. The loss of the Americans in officers, at
. The Rough and ready annual;. yingly lookd down upon the field;And careless of liis wounded, and neglectful of his dead,Despairingly and sullenly in the night the foeman fled. And thus on Buena Vistas heights a long days work was done,And there our brave old General another battle won :And still our glorious banner waves, unstained by flight or shame,And the Mexicans, among their hills, still tremble at our honor unto those who stood ! Disgrace to those that fled !And everlasting glory to the brave and gallant dead. THE DEATH OF COLONEL YELL. The loss of the Americans in officers, at the battleof Buena Vista, is a subject of sorrow and of the slain were officers. Many of these wereyoung men—in the full flush of hope and ambition, andendeared to their country by their valuable servicesduring long marches, and by their heroism on the fatalbattle-field. One of these was Colonel Yell. He hadaccompanied General Wool in his march through NewMexico, and commanded the regiment of Arkansas. T A Y L O It AT It n i: N A VISTA. 12!) moiintdd vf)]uiil((M-s. Tliroiinli iIk; vvliol*! hiiltlc, Im^ luulIxliuvcd vvilli IIk^ orculcsl. I)(;ry ; iuid wlirn I Ik; Mcxi-ciins l,l)r(!ul,(Uin(l an ullack iijxiri IIh; Wii«ron-l,ra,iu nearBiicna Vista, ho was dcspalclKMl If) ()[)|k)S(! llifiri. of llic two armies iricl, and llic sliorl l\<VCA\ and bloody. IIk; IVl(!.\i(;aiis ilwii divided,OIK! jjarl. swooj)inf( by iIk^ Ainoricaii (J(![)()l, wIkm-c, llieyreceived a heavy fire from a, (i)r(;(! collected then;; andthe oth(!r, passing on toward tli(; inain body, (/oloiielYell was (!ii«^af^ed with tlif; latler ; and in tli*; a(;t ofcharjrin^ upon them, at th(; head ol his re«rim(;nt, liewas kilh^d with a, ]ane(^, which ent(!red his mouth,wrenched oil his lower jaw, and crushed oik; sid(! of hisface. \lu. IVl<!.\ica,ns wen; rejxilh-d with heavy loss. (;icni<:rai. tayloii ai iujiona vista. Ilii: most prominent (went in tiK!
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