dri MoNrEasr, Sept. %, 1896.
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| should have written you before this late hour,
but knew all the while that our regular correspon-
dent "H - was keeping you well acquainted with the
STIRRING events Of the past week. and little time had
[, even could have put hands upon writing mnte
rails, to give you an account of the dongs Of the
2d division Of the army. From the time the Mexi-
can lancers commenced thelatiack upon our advance
late on the afternoon Of the 20th Instant up to the
6nal capitlation on tho afternoon Of the 24th, there
was literally no rest TO the soles Of the feet Of any
man in Gen. Wortbs command. The rain on the
nights Of the 20h and 2lst, combined with the con-
slant expectation Of an attack from the enemy were
causes sufficient to drive away sleeps but to these
should be added hunger and that excess of fatigue
which drives off slumber az well as the
that many Of US had wounded comrades demanding
attention.; with this combination of drawbacks you
can easily conceive that one had little time or incli-
nation for writing. f.9y q Ev


Speaking Of wounded comrades reminds me Of
poor hopas, He was one Of, the most daring
spirits in McCulochs company, and had his horse
wounded in the, charge the enemy's lancers made
upon us on the morning Of the 2lst On the FOL.


lowing morning, while storming the battery on the
height overlooking the Bishops Palace, he wss
morally wounded, and after suffering Incredibly
died on the morning Of the o4th, A mnsls, ball
shattered his hip joint, al the same time that The