Big. General, commanding First Division Volunteers.
Major W. w. :. Bliss,


Assistant Adutant General

C.Mr nrronE Monterey, srrr. %, 1876.
{"newspaper_name": "Weekly national intelligencer.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
{"character_count": 2069, "word_count": 367, "ccnet_language_score": [0.925000011920929], "ccnet_perplexity": [1647.699951171875], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
CAMP BEFORE MONTEREY, SErT. 2S, lSlb.


GENERAL Ia addition my report 10 Major Gen Butler
of the action of the 2s instant have the honor 10
port the transactions OF my brigade the 22d instant follow
ed up by the attack upon the city of Monterey on the 2
September, instant.


Being ordered the morning the 22d to relieve Col Gar
lands command which had during the preceding night occu
pied the relou and Notifications taken the 2lst my com
mand marched from their encampment about O'Clock IN the
morning Col Campbell of the Tennessee regiment, being
nsposed from the fatigue and exposure Of the preceding day,
Anderson Both regiments much reduced by the casual


cs the preceding day. and the necessary details for the
care Of the wounded The march necessarily exposed the
brigade for short distance FIRE Of artillery from
the works still in possession Of the enemy this side OF the
city, and from the cross fire nf the citadel We not al
lowed reach post without some loss. Private Dubois,
Of Captain Crumps company of Mississippi icmcn was kill
Cd and Of the company wounded before enter
ing the works The redoubt and adjacent works being
pied by my brigade and Lieut. Rdgelys battery portion OF
the troops engaged under the direction Of Lieut. M.
Scare Of engineers in strengthening our position on the
side next TO town.


At intervals during the whole day until o'clock at night
the enemy kept UP from their forcaons and from the cta
del discharges Of SHE'LL round shot, and grape IL in the
forenoon this day that by the aid Of gasscs
presented with full view of the sormng Of tho Bishop
Palace by troops under General Worth the heights beyond
the CITY, The shout by which brave volunteers greeted
the display of the American flag the palace returned
hy the enemy from their works Ivy tremendous fire
Of round shot and grape upon without effect During the
day plans of assault the adjacent Mexican works
s1ered Of hut in the evening my attention drawn to
line Of about 500 Mexican infantry at distance IN rear
Of their works The presence Of this force, amounting tc