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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the American army. (search)
e it cost as for its results, delivered up to the Americans the first line of defences. The decisive blow was delayed for two weeks by an armistice, of which the Mexicans alone derived the benefit. But the two bloody days of the 7th and 13th of September caused the fall of Chapultepec, and secured to the Americans, with that final victory, possession of the great city of Mexico. These two operations deserve to be commented upon in detail, for they reflected as much honor upon the command captured at Contreras, whose fire is to batter down the thick walls of the castle. Despite the murderous fire of the besieged, all the preparatory works are speedily completed, and Chapultepec is bombarded during two days. At last, on the 13th of September, the American troops scale the steep acclivities and surmount the various obstacles of every sort by which the ancient residence of the viceroys of New Spain is surrounded. The garrison, which numbers among its best combatants the pupils o
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
he position of this post rendered it easy for them to blockade one of the best ports in the Gulf of Mexico. But they had left a large arsenal in the hands of their adversaries, where privateers were fitted out which occasionally succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the sentinels of Fort Pickens. They attempted in vain, on the 2d of September, to set it on fire, and only succeeded in destroying one of the stocks for ship-building. They soon returned to the charge. During the night of the 13th or 14th of September four boats belonging to the frigate Colorado proceeded as far as the dock of the arsenal, at which the Confederate schooner Judah was moored. They seized her by quick assault, set her on fire, and retired after having lost four men killed and nine wounded. This successful attempt alarmed the Confederates, and they immediately set to work to harass the garrison of Fort Pickens. On the coast of Florida, eastward of Pensacola, there lies a narrow and sandy island, eight