was at S. Borja and Riley's brigade (Twiggs's division) at Nalvarte on Sept. .7, evening (Ripley, War with Mexico, ii, 363). Late on Sept. 7 Quitman's division also was sent to the south front of Mexico. Reconnoitring was done there on rather an extensive scale during the night, and the Mexicans were thoroughly roused.
5. The battle of Sept. 8. Sen.1; 30,1, pp. 354, 375 (Scott), 361 (Worth), 368 (return), 373 (Sumner), 374 (Huger), 425 (Smith), 430 (Hitchcock); app., pp. 1384-165, 192 (officers). Ho. 1; 30, 2, p. 1287 (Perry). 179 Diario Esactísimo. Stevens, Stevens, 1, 204-7. Sedgwick, Corresp., i, 170. Semi-weekly N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, Mar. 1, 1848. Elderkin, Biog. Sketches. So. Qtrly. Rev., Oct., 1852, 298-315. Negrete, Invasión, iii, app., 463-9; iv, app., 295-9. S. Anna, Detall, 23-5. Balbontín, Invasión, 125-9. Hitchcock, Fifty Years, 296-9, 303. Grant, Wems., i, 152-8. Ballentine, Eng. Sold., ii, 238, 240. 217Henshaw to wife, Sept. 18. 218Henshaw narrative. 61Letter from Mexico, Sept. 11. 69May to Harney, Nov. 17, 1848. 69Steele to Harney,, 1848. 69Harney to Marcy, May 22, 1848. 66Mason to J. L. Smith, Sept. 25, 1847. 66Stevens to Id., Sept. 25. 66G. W. Smith to Stevens, Sept. 20. Claiborne, Quitman, 1, 352. Raleigh Star, Oct. 27. 221Hill, diary. 304Kirby to Mrs. E. K. Smith, Sept. 12. 60Andrews to Daniel, Dec. 10. Louisville Democrat, Dec. 17. 68Testimony at Bonneville court martial. London Times, Nov. 13. Semmes, Service, 436-449. Sen. 65; 30, 1, p. 503. Apuntes, 210, 294-304. 100Relaciones, circular, Sept. 8. 199 Anon. MS. Correo Nacional, Dec. 10. Gamboa, Impug., 52. 70 "Guerra," no. 155 (testimony of Garay). 70"Guerra", no. 274 (testimony at the trial of Andrade and Jáuregui). Picayune, Oct. 14; Nov. 3. 350Weber, recolls. Delta, Oct. 14, 26. Ramírez, México, 304-6. México á través, iv, 687-9. Davis, Autobiog., 271. Wash. Union, Nov. 3. Diario, Sept. 8. 364Worth to daughter, Sept. 28; to S., Dec. 27. Prieto, Memorias, ii, 238-9. 73Lozano, no. 7, 1847. Moore, Scott's Camp., 155-63. Steele, Amer. Camps., i, 117. Niles, Oct. 30, p. 137. Bartlett, Pierce, 153. Wise, Gringos (N. Y., 1849), 259. Giménez, Memorias, 112, 266. 205Graham, memo. book. 178Davis, diary. Diccionario Univ. (León). Sen. 19; 30, 2 (M. L. Smith, Nov. 30, 1848). Molina, El Asalto. 291Pierce to Hooker, Sept. 15. Stevens, Vindication. 328 Sweet, statement. 69Huger, Sept. 9. Lawton, Artill. Off., 311-4, 323, 326. Roa Bárcena, Recuerdos, 426-7, 437-9, 447-53. 76Herrera to Relaciones, Oct. 14. 76Ortega, Sept. 13. 76To comte gen. Mex., Oct. 29. 76M. Andrade, Sept. 9; Nov. 3. 76J. Y. Gutiérrez, proclem., Sept. 11. 76Noriega, Nov. 19. 76Alcorta, circular, Sept. 11. 76Comte gen. Oaxaca, Sept. 15. 76Id. of Querétaro, Sept. 14. Calderón, Rectificaciones
Remarks on the battle of Sept. 8. In forming an opinion of the battle as a military operation one must ignore the fact that the position gained was used later as a stepping-stone, for at this time Scott was not planning to capture Chapultepec. It appears surprising that Scott, knowing that heavy Mexican forces were on the spot, apparently desiring to fight there, should have thought that a place as valuable to the enemy as he deemed El Molino (Sen. 1; 30, 1, p. 355) ought to be attacked at night, and could be taken easily (Sen. 65; 30, 1, p. 579) by men unacquainted with ground and buildings familiar to the enemy, and should have neglected to have more of his troops near at hand; but we do not know what details were included in the information upon which he so confidently relied, nor do we
