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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 26: after the battle of Monterey. (search)
their conspicuous gallantry, which caused them to be a rallying-point for the force that was driven in from the left, and who, in connection with the Second Indiana, under its gallant Colonel, constituted almost the only force opposed to the heavy column of the enemy. John E. Wool, Brigadier General. To Major W. S. Bliss, A. A. G. General Wool estimates General Taylor's army at Buena Vista at 4,600. The force of the enemy (including General Minon's lances) at 20,000 or more. Mr. Estes, from whom I have quoted later, said: During the progress of the battle of Buena Vista, just after the first engagement of the Mississippi Rifles with a large portion of Santa Anna's army, and before the Mexican legions had recovered from the shock which hurled them back upon their reserve forces, Colonel Davis ordered the Ordnance Sergeant to serve his men with more ammunition. Each man was provided with sixty cartridges, twenty-four of which were distributed ready for use in the top