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The Daily Dispatch: March 31, 1862., [Electronic resource], Wendell Phillip's late Speech. (search)
ome robberies were committed by the rascally, and some insolence displayed by the Gow born and vulgar; but as a general rule, the victors acted with great moderation to the vanquishes who fell into their hands. The number of killed in the assault is variously estimated at from 100 to 300 men. The assailants fought with remarkable bravery, and the number of their dead attest their heroism. They fell in piles where they fought, and they fought at the very muzzle of the enemy's guns. Col. Aldrette was killed early in the action, and that dispirited his men. He was a stone hearted Mexican, and his soldiers trusted his judgment, and had proved his valor. His fall was a serious blow to the foes. Matamoras is a desperate looking place to-day and it was a horrible place on Tuesday. The dead were corrupting every corner with stench, and the ruined houses, broken and barricaded streets, and the general disorder, gave the town a wrecked and cast away appearance. The places which w