An artillery officer in the Mexican war, 1846-7; . oners of war on the 24th inst. said that it would protnct the war. They probably spoke from the effect ly mortified feelings. Could Genl. Scott now led to enter into correspondence with the Govt. hope for the best results; a few months might the. tore me to your side. Let us hope for the best. At o is, however, exceedingly crippled; her greatGerl he who was to rouse the slumbering energies of i Vation, the Armys Hero, Santa Anna, hasbeer 3aten by Genl. Taylor, and here we are inpeat ^able possession of her strongest tower of defence. The value
An artillery officer in the Mexican war, 1846-7; . oners of war on the 24th inst. said that it would protnct the war. They probably spoke from the effect ly mortified feelings. Could Genl. Scott now led to enter into correspondence with the Govt. hope for the best results; a few months might the. tore me to your side. Let us hope for the best. At o is, however, exceedingly crippled; her greatGerl he who was to rouse the slumbering energies of i Vation, the Armys Hero, Santa Anna, hasbeer 3aten by Genl. Taylor, and here we are inpeat ^able possession of her strongest tower of defence. The value of the armament of this Fortress, and ofthe defences of the City is enormous. One hundredand forty good guns are in this place, many of themfine iron guns cast at the West Point Foundry, mostof them good bronze Spanish and French pieces,which are very valuable. We find but a scanty supphof provisions, but powder, ball, shells and guns,howitzers or Columbiads, and mortars in the greatestabundance. We learn from citizens of Vera Cruz that they had. >tTiM S/»Lvnr^ Ai^ GENERAL SANTA ANNA From a lithograph In Mexico ^^7 no idea that we were engaged in erecting our batteriestill a short time before we opened our fires. The ex-pectation was that we would take the place by a storm-ing party; everything was well prepared for this,every street had its barricades, and most of the houseshad sandbags at the doors and windows, and on theroofs. We should have met with very heavy losseshad we not approached the town as we did. Thisfortress was also prepared for an assault, as the directpassage along every part of the work ^is cut up^bypiles of sandbags forming what we call traverses. My promise to get you to me or for me to take myselfto you, will, you may be assured, be performed as soonas either can with propriety be done. Your suspicions about Corp. H^nnels jaundice being yellow fever, were fortunately groundless, as a day or two after reaching Tampico he was quite restored. To you
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