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U. NNP 31113 39 34 S. S. 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of IN 31113 188 26 cutting cut VBG 31113 188 27 to to TO 31113 188 28 do do VB 31113 188 29 with with IN 31113 188 30 axes axis NNS 31113 188 31 in in IN 31113 188 32 order order NN 31113 188 33 to to TO 31113 188 34 open open VB 31113 188 35 the the DT 31113 188 36 road road NN 31113 188 37 ; ; : 31113 188 38 and and CC 31113 188 39 many many JJ 31113 188 40 bad bad JJ 31113 188 41 ravines ravine NNS 31113 188 42 and and CC 31113 188 43 gullies gully NNS 31113 188 44 to to TO 31113 188 45 render render VB 31113 188 46 passable passable JJ 31113 188 47 . . . 31113 189 1 To to TO 31113 189 2 make make VB 31113 189 3 a a DT 31113 189 4 bridge bridge NN 31113 189 5 , , , 31113 189 6 across across IN 31113 189 7 a a DT 31113 189 8 boggy boggy NNP 31113 189 9 stream stream NN 31113 189 10 , , , 31113 189 11 with with IN 31113 189 12 no no DT 31113 189 13 other other JJ 31113 189 14 material material NN 31113 189 15 than than IN 31113 189 16 the the DT 31113 189 17 short short JJ 31113 189 18 , , , 31113 189 19 knotty knotty NNP 31113 189 20 , , , 31113 189 21 hard hard JJ 31113 189 22 and and CC 31113 189 23 crooked crooked JJ 31113 189 24 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 189 25 bush bush NNP 31113 189 26 , , , 31113 189 27 was be VBD 31113 189 28 no no DT 31113 189 29 easy easy JJ 31113 189 30 matter matter NN 31113 189 31 . . . 31113 190 1 The the DT 31113 190 2 first first JJ 31113 190 3 day day NN 31113 190 4 's 's POS 31113 190 5 march march NN 31113 190 6 was be VBD 31113 190 7 about about RB 31113 190 8 ten ten CD 31113 190 9 miles mile NNS 31113 190 10 -- -- : 31113 190 11 we -PRON- PRP 31113 190 12 encamped encamp VBD 31113 190 13 about about IN 31113 190 14 sunset sunset NN 31113 190 15 after after IN 31113 190 16 a a DT 31113 190 17 very very RB 31113 190 18 hard hard JJ 31113 190 19 day day NN 31113 190 20 's 's POS 31113 190 21 work work NN 31113 190 22 . . . 31113 190 23 " " '' 31113 191 1 In in IN 31113 191 2 order order NN 31113 191 3 to to TO 31113 191 4 shorten shorten VB 31113 191 5 the the DT 31113 191 6 route route NN 31113 191 7 and and CC 31113 191 8 save save VB 31113 191 9 the the DT 31113 191 10 forces force NNS 31113 191 11 one one CD 31113 191 12 day day NN 31113 191 13 's 's POS 31113 191 14 march march NN 31113 191 15 , , , 31113 191 16 we -PRON- PRP 31113 191 17 were be VBD 31113 191 18 , , , 31113 191 19 for for IN 31113 191 20 several several JJ 31113 191 21 days day NNS 31113 191 22 , , , 31113 191 23 working work VBG 31113 191 24 on on IN 31113 191 25 a a DT 31113 191 26 mule mule JJ 31113 191 27 path path NN 31113 191 28 " " `` 31113 191 29 cut cut VBN 31113 191 30 - - HYPH 31113 191 31 off off RP 31113 191 32 " " '' 31113 191 33 from from IN 31113 191 34 the the DT 31113 191 35 main main JJ 31113 191 36 road road NN 31113 191 37 . . . 31113 192 1 " " `` 31113 192 2 January January NNP 31113 192 3 14th 14th NN 31113 192 4 . . . 31113 193 1 The the DT 31113 193 2 mule mule JJ 31113 193 3 path path NN 31113 193 4 was be VBD 31113 193 5 infamous infamous JJ 31113 193 6 . . . 31113 194 1 No no DT 31113 194 2 wagon wagon NN 31113 194 3 had have VBD 31113 194 4 ever ever RB 31113 194 5 traveled travel VBN 31113 194 6 that that DT 31113 194 7 road road NN 31113 194 8 -- -- : 31113 194 9 the the DT 31113 194 10 rancheros ranchero NNS 31113 194 11 have have VBP 31113 194 12 a a DT 31113 194 13 tradition tradition NN 31113 194 14 of of IN 31113 194 15 a a DT 31113 194 16 bull bull NN 31113 194 17 cart cart NN 31113 194 18 that that DT 31113 194 19 , , , 31113 194 20 it -PRON- PRP 31113 194 21 is be VBZ 31113 194 22 said say VBN 31113 194 23 , , , 31113 194 24 once once RB 31113 194 25 passed pass VBD 31113 194 26 that that DT 31113 194 27 way way NN 31113 194 28 . . . 31113 195 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 195 2 believe believe VBP 31113 195 3 , , , 31113 195 4 however however RB 31113 195 5 , , , 31113 195 6 that that IN 31113 195 7 the the DT 31113 195 8 story story NN 31113 195 9 is be VBZ 31113 195 10 not not 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" " `` 31113 197 2 January January NNP 31113 197 3 15th 15th NN 31113 197 4 . . . 31113 198 1 Another another DT 31113 198 2 day day NN 31113 198 3 's 's POS 31113 198 4 tremendous tremendous JJ 31113 198 5 hard hard JJ 31113 198 6 work work NN 31113 198 7 . . . 31113 198 8 " " '' 31113 199 1 " " `` 31113 199 2 January January NNP 31113 199 3 16th 16th NN 31113 199 4 . . . 31113 200 1 We -PRON- PRP 31113 200 2 had have VBD 31113 200 3 again again RB 31113 200 4 a a DT 31113 200 5 very very RB 31113 200 6 severe severe JJ 31113 200 7 day day NN 31113 200 8 's 's POS 31113 200 9 work work NN 31113 200 10 . . . 31113 200 11 " " '' 31113 201 1 " " `` 31113 201 2 January January NNP 31113 201 3 17th 17th NN 31113 201 4 . . . 31113 202 1 Road road NN 31113 202 2 improved improve VBD 31113 202 3 very very RB 31113 202 4 decidedly decidedly RB 31113 202 5 , , , 31113 202 6 but but CC 31113 202 7 still still RB 31113 202 8 a a DT 31113 202 9 good good JJ 31113 202 10 deal deal NN 31113 202 11 to to TO 31113 202 12 do do VB 31113 202 13 . . . 31113 203 1 We -PRON- PRP 31113 203 2 managed manage VBD 31113 203 3 , , , 31113 203 4 by by IN 31113 203 5 getting get VBG 31113 203 6 a a DT 31113 203 7 little little JJ 31113 203 8 ahead ahead RB 31113 203 9 with with IN 31113 203 10 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 203 11 repairs repair NNS 31113 203 12 after after IN 31113 203 13 the the DT 31113 203 14 army army NN 31113 203 15 encamped encamp VBD 31113 203 16 for for IN 31113 203 17 the the DT 31113 203 18 night night NN 31113 203 19 , , , 31113 203 20 to to TO 31113 203 21 get get VB 31113 203 22 along along RP 31113 203 23 without without IN 31113 203 24 seriously seriously RB 31113 203 25 delaying delay VBG 31113 203 26 the the DT 31113 203 27 column column NN 31113 203 28 . . . 31113 203 29 " " '' 31113 204 1 We -PRON- PRP 31113 204 2 arrived arrive VBD 31113 204 3 at at IN 31113 204 4 Tampico Tampico NNP 31113 204 5 on on IN 31113 204 6 the the DT 31113 204 7 23rd 23rd NN 31113 204 8 . . . 31113 205 1 The the DT 31113 205 2 distance distance NN 31113 205 3 from from IN 31113 205 4 Victoria Victoria NNP 31113 205 5 to to IN 31113 205 6 Tampico Tampico NNP 31113 205 7 is be VBZ 31113 205 8 120 120 CD 31113 205 9 miles mile NNS 31113 205 10 ; ; : 31113 205 11 whole whole JJ 31113 205 12 distance distance NN 31113 205 13 from from IN 31113 205 14 Matamoros Matamoros NNP 31113 205 15 to to IN 31113 205 16 Tampico Tampico NNP 31113 205 17 , , , 31113 205 18 by by IN 31113 205 19 way way NN 31113 205 20 of of IN 31113 205 21 Victoria Victoria NNP 31113 205 22 , , , 31113 205 23 is be VBZ 31113 205 24 354 354 CD 31113 205 25 miles mile NNS 31113 205 26 . . . 31113 206 1 Although although IN 31113 206 2 the the DT 31113 206 3 service service NN 31113 206 4 was be VBD 31113 206 5 arduous arduous JJ 31113 206 6 , , , 31113 206 7 the the DT 31113 206 8 men man NNS 31113 206 9 came come VBD 31113 206 10 through through IN 31113 206 11 it -PRON- PRP 31113 206 12 in in IN 31113 206 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frenchman NN 31113 216 37 ; ; : 31113 216 38 and and CC 31113 216 39 we -PRON- PRP 31113 216 40 were be VBD 31113 216 41 soon soon RB 31113 216 42 clear clear JJ 31113 216 43 of of IN 31113 216 44 the the DT 31113 216 45 reef reef NN 31113 216 46 and and CC 31113 216 47 breakers breaker NNS 31113 216 48 . . . 31113 217 1 It -PRON- PRP 31113 217 2 was be VBD 31113 217 3 now now RB 31113 217 4 nearly nearly RB 31113 217 5 dark dark JJ 31113 217 6 . . . 31113 218 1 In in IN 31113 218 2 a a DT 31113 218 3 few few JJ 31113 218 4 moments moment NNS 31113 218 5 after after IN 31113 218 6 reaching reach VBG 31113 218 7 the the DT 31113 218 8 anchorage anchorage NN 31113 218 9 ground ground NN 31113 218 10 , , , 31113 218 11 we -PRON- PRP 31113 218 12 glided glide VBD 31113 218 13 up up RP 31113 218 14 a a DT 31113 218 15 gentle gentle JJ 31113 218 16 slope slope NN 31113 218 17 , , , 31113 218 18 without without IN 31113 218 19 perceptible perceptible JJ 31113 218 20 shock shock NN 31113 218 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charge NN 31113 219 27 learned learn VBD 31113 219 28 who who WP 31113 219 29 we -PRON- PRP 31113 219 30 were be VBD 31113 219 31 , , , 31113 219 32 he -PRON- PRP 31113 219 33 said say VBD 31113 219 34 he -PRON- PRP 31113 219 35 would would MD 31113 219 36 report report VB 31113 219 37 at at IN 31113 219 38 once once RB 31113 219 39 to to IN 31113 219 40 the the DT 31113 219 41 naval naval JJ 31113 219 42 commander commander NN 31113 219 43 ; ; , 31113 219 44 and and CC 31113 219 45 had have VBD 31113 219 46 no no DT 31113 219 47 doubt doubt NN 31113 219 48 that that IN 31113 219 49 the the DT 31113 219 50 company company NN 31113 219 51 with with IN 31113 219 52 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 219 53 effects effect NNS 31113 219 54 would would MD 31113 219 55 have have VB 31113 219 56 to to TO 31113 219 57 be be VB 31113 219 58 landed land VBN 31113 219 59 on on IN 31113 219 60 an an DT 31113 219 61 adjacent adjacent JJ 31113 219 62 island island NN 31113 219 63 , , , 31113 219 64 while while 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vessel NNS 31113 220 27 with with IN 31113 220 28 intense intense JJ 31113 220 29 anxiety anxiety NN 31113 220 30 , , , 31113 220 31 and and CC 31113 220 32 expectation expectation NN 31113 220 33 that that IN 31113 220 34 we -PRON- PRP 31113 220 35 would would MD 31113 220 36 be be VB 31113 220 37 wrecked wreck VBN 31113 220 38 and and CC 31113 220 39 all all DT 31113 220 40 hands hand NNS 31113 220 41 lost lose VBN 31113 220 42 . . . 31113 221 1 This this DT 31113 221 2 feeling feeling NN 31113 221 3 was be VBD 31113 221 4 changed change VBN 31113 221 5 to to IN 31113 221 6 admiration admiration NN 31113 221 7 when when WRB 31113 221 8 it -PRON- PRP 31113 221 9 was be VBD 31113 221 10 seen see VBN 31113 221 11 that that IN 31113 221 12 the the DT 31113 221 13 schooner schooner NN 31113 221 14 was be VBD 31113 221 15 being be VBG 31113 221 16 very very RB 31113 221 17 skillfully skillfully RB 31113 221 18 handled handle VBN 31113 221 19 in in IN 31113 221 20 the the DT 31113 221 21 difficult difficult JJ 31113 221 22 channel channel NN 31113 221 23 ; ; : 31113 221 24 and and CC 31113 221 25 all all DT 31113 221 26 rejoiced rejoice VBN 31113 221 27 when when WRB 31113 221 28 they -PRON- PRP 31113 221 29 saw see VBD 31113 221 30 the the DT 31113 221 31 unknown unknown JJ 31113 221 32 little little JJ 31113 221 33 craft craft NN 31113 221 34 safely safely RB 31113 221 35 in in IN 31113 221 36 smooth smooth JJ 31113 221 37 water water NN 31113 221 38 ; ; : 31113 221 39 but but CC 31113 221 40 were be VBD 31113 221 41 surprised surprised JJ 31113 221 42 , , , 31113 221 43 immediately immediately RB 31113 221 44 after after IN 31113 221 45 , , , 31113 221 46 to to TO 31113 221 47 see see VB 31113 221 48 her -PRON- PRP$ 31113 221 49 put put VB 31113 221 50 on on RP 31113 221 51 a a DT 31113 221 52 course course NN 31113 221 53 that that WDT 31113 221 54 would would MD 31113 221 55 inevitably inevitably RB 31113 221 56 run run VB 31113 221 57 her -PRON- PRP 31113 221 58 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J. NNP 31113 223 6 G. G. 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IN 31113 228 2 a a DT 31113 228 3 few few JJ 31113 228 4 days day NNS 31113 228 5 after after IN 31113 228 6 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 228 7 arrival arrival NN 31113 228 8 at at IN 31113 228 9 Anton Anton NNP 31113 228 10 Lizardo Lizardo NNP 31113 228 11 , , , 31113 228 12 an an DT 31113 228 13 order order NN 31113 228 14 was be VBD 31113 228 15 issued issue VBN 31113 228 16 by by IN 31113 228 17 General General NNP 31113 228 18 Scott Scott NNP 31113 228 19 for for IN 31113 228 20 the the DT 31113 228 21 transports transport NNS 31113 228 22 to to TO 31113 228 23 move move VB 31113 228 24 up up RB 31113 228 25 next next JJ 31113 228 26 morning morning NN 31113 228 27 , , , 31113 228 28 towards towards IN 31113 228 29 Vera Vera NNP 31113 228 30 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 228 31 , , , 31113 228 32 with with IN 31113 228 33 a a DT 31113 228 34 view view NN 31113 228 35 to to IN 31113 228 36 landing land VBG 31113 228 37 the the DT 31113 228 38 army army NN 31113 228 39 on on IN 31113 228 40 the the DT 31113 228 41 main main JJ 31113 228 42 shore shore NN 31113 228 43 , , , 31113 228 44 opposite opposite IN 31113 228 45 the the DT 31113 228 46 Island Island NNP 31113 228 47 of of IN 31113 228 48 Sacrificios Sacrificios NNPS 31113 228 49 , , , 31113 228 50 two two CD 31113 228 51 or or CC 31113 228 52 three three CD 31113 228 53 miles mile NNS 31113 228 54 south south RB 31113 228 55 of of IN 31113 228 56 the the DT 31113 228 57 city city NN 31113 228 58 . . . 31113 229 1 On on IN 31113 229 2 the the DT 31113 229 3 morning morning NN 31113 229 4 of of IN 31113 229 5 the the DT 31113 229 6 day day NN 31113 229 7 we -PRON- PRP 31113 229 8 were be VBD 31113 229 9 to to TO 31113 229 10 make make VB 31113 229 11 the the DT 31113 229 12 landing landing NN 31113 229 13 the the DT 31113 229 14 whole whole JJ 31113 229 15 company company NN 31113 229 16 was be VBD 31113 229 17 transferred transfer VBN 31113 229 18 to to IN 31113 229 19 another another DT 31113 229 20 vessel vessel NN 31113 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18 vessel vessel NN 31113 232 19 without without IN 31113 232 20 assistance assistance NN 31113 232 21 -- -- : 31113 232 22 the the DT 31113 232 23 effort effort NN 31113 232 24 to to TO 31113 232 25 lead lead VB 31113 232 26 the the DT 31113 232 27 company company NN 31113 232 28 in in IN 31113 232 29 this this DT 31113 232 30 landing landing NN 31113 232 31 will will MD 31113 232 32 be be VB 31113 232 33 fatal fatal JJ 31113 232 34 to to IN 31113 232 35 him -PRON- PRP 31113 232 36 , , , 31113 232 37 and and CC 31113 232 38 I -PRON- PRP 31113 232 39 told tell VBD 31113 232 40 him -PRON- PRP 31113 232 41 I -PRON- PRP 31113 232 42 thought think VBD 31113 232 43 he -PRON- PRP 31113 232 44 ought ought MD 31113 232 45 not not RB 31113 232 46 to to TO 31113 232 47 attempt attempt VB 31113 232 48 it -PRON- PRP 31113 232 49 . . . 31113 233 1 But but CC 31113 233 2 , , , 31113 233 3 he -PRON- PRP 31113 233 4 looks look VBZ 31113 233 5 upon upon IN 31113 233 6 me -PRON- PRP 31113 233 7 as as IN 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31113 236 5 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 236 6 in in IN 31113 236 7 reference reference NN 31113 236 8 to to IN 31113 236 9 the the DT 31113 236 10 physical physical JJ 31113 236 11 condition condition NN 31113 236 12 of of IN 31113 236 13 the the DT 31113 236 14 Captain Captain NNP 31113 236 15 ; ; : 31113 236 16 and and CC 31113 236 17 the the DT 31113 236 18 probable probable JJ 31113 236 19 , , , 31113 236 20 if if IN 31113 236 21 not not RB 31113 236 22 certain certain JJ 31113 236 23 , , , 31113 236 24 result result NN 31113 236 25 of of IN 31113 236 26 an an DT 31113 236 27 attempt attempt NN 31113 236 28 on on IN 31113 236 29 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 236 30 part part NN 31113 236 31 to to TO 31113 236 32 lead lead VB 31113 236 33 the the DT 31113 236 34 company company NN 31113 236 35 in in IN 31113 236 36 the the DT 31113 236 37 landing landing NN 31113 236 38 . . . 31113 237 1 But but CC 31113 237 2 for for IN 31113 237 3 me -PRON- PRP 31113 237 4 to to TO 31113 237 5 advise advise VB 31113 237 6 him -PRON- PRP 31113 237 7 not not RB 31113 237 8 to to TO 31113 237 9 go go VB 31113 237 10 ashore ashore RB 31113 237 11 with with IN 31113 237 12 us -PRON- PRP 31113 237 13 , , , 31113 237 14 was be VBD 31113 237 15 to to TO 31113 237 16 request request VB 31113 237 17 him -PRON- PRP 31113 237 18 to to TO 31113 237 19 give give VB 31113 237 20 me -PRON- PRP 31113 237 21 the the DT 31113 237 22 command command NN 31113 237 23 of of IN 31113 237 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 237 25 company company NN 31113 237 26 in in IN 31113 237 27 this this DT 31113 237 28 important important JJ 31113 237 29 enterprise enterprise NN 31113 237 30 . . . 31113 238 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 238 2 told tell VBD 31113 238 3 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 238 4 that that IN 31113 238 5 I -PRON- PRP 31113 238 6 felt feel VBD 31113 238 7 a a DT 31113 238 8 delicacy delicacy NN 31113 238 9 about about IN 31113 238 10 the the DT 31113 238 11 matter matter NN 31113 238 12 which which WDT 31113 238 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'' 31113 248 13 . . . 31113 249 1 To to TO 31113 249 2 which which WDT 31113 249 3 I -PRON- PRP 31113 249 4 said say VBD 31113 249 5 : : : 31113 249 6 " " `` 31113 249 7 All all RB 31113 249 8 right right RB 31113 249 9 " " '' 31113 249 10 , , , 31113 249 11 and and CC 31113 249 12 added add VBD 31113 249 13 : : : 31113 249 14 " " `` 31113 249 15 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 249 16 goes go VBZ 31113 249 17 with with IN 31113 249 18 the the DT 31113 249 19 detachment detachment NN 31113 249 20 ? ? . 31113 249 21 " " '' 31113 250 1 The the DT 31113 250 2 Captain Captain NNP 31113 250 3 said say VBD 31113 250 4 , , , 31113 250 5 " " `` 31113 250 6 Yes yes UH 31113 250 7 . . . 31113 250 8 " " '' 31113 251 1 When when WRB 31113 251 2 the the DT 31113 251 3 larger large JJR 31113 251 4 boat boat NN 31113 251 5 for for IN 31113 251 6 the the DT 31113 251 7 rest rest NN 31113 251 8 of of IN 31113 251 9 the the DT 31113 251 10 Company Company NNP 31113 251 11 came come VBD 31113 251 12 along 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hundred CD 31113 261 9 yards yard NNS 31113 261 10 of of IN 31113 261 11 the the DT 31113 261 12 beach beach NN 31113 261 13 , , , 31113 261 14 I -PRON- PRP 31113 261 15 made make VBD 31113 261 16 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 261 17 way way NN 31113 261 18 , , , 31113 261 19 over over IN 31113 261 20 the the DT 31113 261 21 heads head NNS 31113 261 22 of of IN 31113 261 23 the the DT 31113 261 24 men man NNS 31113 261 25 to to IN 31113 261 26 the the DT 31113 261 27 stern stern NN 31113 261 28 of of IN 31113 261 29 the the DT 31113 261 30 boat boat NN 31113 261 31 where where WRB 31113 261 32 the the DT 31113 261 33 Captain captain NN 31113 261 34 was be VBD 31113 261 35 seated seat VBN 31113 261 36 ; ; : 31113 261 37 and and CC 31113 261 38 said say VBD 31113 261 39 to to IN 31113 261 40 him -PRON- PRP 31113 261 41 I -PRON- PRP 31113 261 42 thought think VBD 31113 261 43 the the DT 31113 261 44 time time NN 31113 261 45 had have VBD 31113 261 46 come come VBN 31113 261 47 for for IN 31113 261 48 him -PRON- PRP 31113 261 49 to to TO 31113 261 50 get get VB 31113 261 51 to to IN 31113 261 52 the the DT 31113 261 53 bow bow NN 31113 261 54 , , , 31113 261 55 if if IN 31113 261 56 he -PRON- PRP 31113 261 57 still still RB 31113 261 58 intended intend VBD 31113 261 59 to to TO 31113 261 60 lead lead VB 31113 261 61 the the DT 31113 261 62 company company NN 31113 261 63 in in IN 31113 261 64 going go VBG 31113 261 65 ashore ashore RB 31113 261 66 . . . 31113 262 1 For for IN 31113 262 2 a a DT 31113 262 3 moment moment NN 31113 262 4 the the DT 31113 262 5 most most RBS 31113 262 6 painful painful JJ 31113 262 7 expression expression NN 31113 262 8 I -PRON- PRP 31113 262 9 ever ever RB 31113 262 10 saw see VBD 31113 262 11 depicted depict VBN 31113 262 12 on on IN 31113 262 13 a a DT 31113 262 14 human human JJ 31113 262 15 countenance countenance NN 31113 262 16 marked mark VBD 31113 262 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 262 18 face face NN 31113 262 19 . . . 31113 263 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 263 2 rallied rally VBD 31113 263 3 , , , 31113 263 4 however however RB 31113 263 5 , , , 31113 263 6 almost almost RB 31113 263 7 immediately immediately RB 31113 263 8 , , , 31113 263 9 and and CC 31113 263 10 said say VBD 31113 263 11 : : : 31113 263 12 " " `` 31113 263 13 I -PRON- PRP 31113 263 14 must must MD 31113 263 15 , , , 31113 263 16 at at IN 31113 263 17 the the DT 31113 263 18 last last JJ 31113 263 19 moment moment NN 31113 263 20 , , , 31113 263 21 relinquish relinquish VB 31113 263 22 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 263 23 command command NN 31113 263 24 " " '' 31113 263 25 ; ; , 31113 263 26 and and CC 31113 263 27 added add VBD 31113 263 28 " " `` 31113 263 29 I -PRON- PRP 31113 263 30 turn turn VBP 31113 263 31 the the DT 31113 263 32 command command NN 31113 263 33 over over RP 31113 263 34 to to IN 31113 263 35 you -PRON- PRP 31113 263 36 until until IN 31113 263 37 the the DT 31113 263 38 company company NN 31113 263 39 is be VBZ 31113 263 40 formed form VBN 31113 263 41 in in IN 31113 263 42 line line NN 31113 263 43 on on IN 31113 263 44 the the DT 31113 263 45 beach beach NN 31113 263 46 " " '' 31113 263 47 . . . 31113 264 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 264 2 made make VBD 31113 264 3 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 264 4 way way NN 31113 264 5 quickly quickly RB 31113 264 6 back back RB 31113 264 7 to to IN 31113 264 8 the the DT 31113 264 9 bow bow NN 31113 264 10 ; ; , 31113 264 11 ordered order VBD 31113 264 12 the the DT 31113 264 13 right right JJ 31113 264 14 file file NN 31113 264 15 of of IN 31113 264 16 the the DT 31113 264 17 company company NN 31113 264 18 , , , 31113 264 19 two two CD 31113 264 20 stalwart stalwart JJ 31113 264 21 corporals corporal NNS 31113 264 22 -- -- : 31113 264 23 thorough thorough JJ 31113 264 24 soldiers soldier NNS 31113 264 25 , , , 31113 264 26 to to TO 31113 264 27 go go VB 31113 264 28 to to IN 31113 264 29 the the DT 31113 264 30 stern stern NN 31113 264 31 of of IN 31113 264 32 the the DT 31113 264 33 boat boat NN 31113 264 34 , , , 31113 264 35 take take VBP 31113 264 36 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 264 37 places place NNS 31113 264 38 near near IN 31113 264 39 the the DT 31113 264 40 Captain Captain NNP 31113 264 41 , , , 31113 264 42 keep keep VB 31113 264 43 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 264 44 eyes eye NNS 31113 264 45 on on IN 31113 264 46 me -PRON- PRP 31113 264 47 after after IN 31113 264 48 they -PRON- PRP 31113 264 49 reached reach VBD 31113 264 50 him -PRON- PRP 31113 264 51 , , , 31113 264 52 spring spring VB 31113 264 53 into into IN 31113 264 54 the the DT 31113 264 55 water water NN 31113 264 56 when when WRB 31113 264 57 they -PRON- PRP 31113 264 58 saw see VBD 31113 264 59 me -PRON- PRP 31113 264 60 jump jump VB 31113 264 61 from from IN 31113 264 62 the the DT 31113 264 63 bow bow NN 31113 264 64 , , , 31113 264 65 seize seize VB 31113 264 66 the the DT 31113 264 67 Captain Captain NNP 31113 264 68 , , , 31113 264 69 place place VB 31113 264 70 him -PRON- PRP 31113 264 71 on on IN 31113 264 72 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 264 73 shoulders shoulder NNS 31113 264 74 or or CC 31113 264 75 heads head NNS 31113 264 76 , , , 31113 264 77 and and CC 31113 264 78 bring bring VB 31113 264 79 him -PRON- PRP 31113 264 80 to to IN 31113 264 81 me -PRON- PRP 31113 264 82 in in IN 31113 264 83 the the DT 31113 264 84 line line NN 31113 264 85 on on IN 31113 264 86 shore shore NN 31113 264 87 without without IN 31113 264 88 a a DT 31113 264 89 wet wet JJ 31113 264 90 thread thread NN 31113 264 91 on on IN 31113 264 92 him -PRON- PRP 31113 264 93 . . . 31113 265 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 265 2 informed inform VBD 31113 265 3 the the DT 31113 265 4 corporals corporal NNS 31113 265 5 that that WDT 31113 265 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 265 7 had have VBD 31113 265 8 been be VBN 31113 265 9 placed place VBN 31113 265 10 in in IN 31113 265 11 full full JJ 31113 265 12 command command NN 31113 265 13 by by IN 31113 265 14 Captain Captain NNP 31113 265 15 Swift Swift NNP 31113 265 16 ; ; : 31113 265 17 warned warn VBD 31113 265 18 them -PRON- PRP 31113 265 19 he -PRON- PRP 31113 265 20 would would MD 31113 265 21 probably probably RB 31113 265 22 resist resist VB 31113 265 23 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 265 24 bringing bring VBG 31113 265 25 him -PRON- PRP 31113 265 26 ashore ashore RB 31113 265 27 ; ; : 31113 265 28 but but CC 31113 265 29 no no RB 31113 265 30 matter matter RB 31113 265 31 what what WP 31113 265 32 he -PRON- PRP 31113 265 33 said say VBD 31113 265 34 or or CC 31113 265 35 did do VBD 31113 265 36 , , , 31113 265 37 they -PRON- PRP 31113 265 38 must must MD 31113 265 39 obey obey VB 31113 265 40 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 265 41 orders order NNS 31113 265 42 . . . 31113 266 1 They -PRON- PRP 31113 266 2 did do VBD 31113 266 3 it -PRON- PRP 31113 266 4 . . . 31113 267 1 The the DT 31113 267 2 corporals corporal NNS 31113 267 3 were be VBD 31113 267 4 athletes athlete NNS 31113 267 5 -- -- : 31113 267 6 over over IN 31113 267 7 six six CD 31113 267 8 feet foot NNS 31113 267 9 in in IN 31113 267 10 height height NN 31113 267 11 , , , 31113 267 12 young young JJ 31113 267 13 and and CC 31113 267 14 active active JJ 31113 267 15 . . . 31113 268 1 In in IN 31113 268 2 the the DT 31113 268 3 Captain Captain NNP 31113 268 4 's 's POS 31113 268 5 then then RB 31113 268 6 physical physical JJ 31113 268 7 condition condition NN 31113 268 8 he -PRON- PRP 31113 268 9 was be VBD 31113 268 10 as as RB 31113 268 11 helpless helpless JJ 31113 268 12 as as IN 31113 268 13 an an DT 31113 268 14 infant infant NN 31113 268 15 in in IN 31113 268 16 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 268 17 hands hand NNS 31113 268 18 . . . 31113 269 1 The the DT 31113 269 2 water water NN 31113 269 3 where where WRB 31113 269 4 they -PRON- PRP 31113 269 5 went go VBD 31113 269 6 overboard overboard RB 31113 269 7 was be VBD 31113 269 8 nearly nearly RB 31113 269 9 up up IN 31113 269 10 to to IN 31113 269 11 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 269 12 necks neck NNS 31113 269 13 ; ; : 31113 269 14 but but CC 31113 269 15 when when WRB 31113 269 16 they -PRON- PRP 31113 269 17 brought bring VBD 31113 269 18 the the DT 31113 269 19 Captain Captain NNP 31113 269 20 to to IN 31113 269 21 me -PRON- PRP 31113 269 22 he -PRON- PRP 31113 269 23 was be VBD 31113 269 24 as as RB 31113 269 25 dry dry JJ 31113 269 26 as as IN 31113 269 27 whilst whilst IN 31113 269 28 sitting sit VBG 31113 269 29 in in IN 31113 269 30 the the DT 31113 269 31 boat boat NN 31113 269 32 . . . 31113 270 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 270 2 had have VBD 31113 270 3 resisted resist VBN 31113 270 4 them -PRON- PRP 31113 270 5 more more RBR 31113 270 6 violently violently RB 31113 270 7 than than IN 31113 270 8 I -PRON- PRP 31113 270 9 anticipated anticipate VBD 31113 270 10 . . . 31113 271 1 In in IN 31113 271 2 vain vain JJ 31113 271 3 they -PRON- PRP 31113 271 4 explained explain VBD 31113 271 5 to to IN 31113 271 6 him -PRON- PRP 31113 271 7 that that IN 31113 271 8 they -PRON- PRP 31113 271 9 were be VBD 31113 271 10 instructed instruct VBN 31113 271 11 by by IN 31113 271 12 me -PRON- PRP 31113 271 13 to to TO 31113 271 14 take take VB 31113 271 15 him -PRON- PRP 31113 271 16 ashore ashore RB 31113 271 17 without without IN 31113 271 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 271 19 touching touch VBG 31113 271 20 the the DT 31113 271 21 water water NN 31113 271 22 . . . 31113 272 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 272 2 ordered order VBD 31113 272 3 them -PRON- PRP 31113 272 4 to to TO 31113 272 5 put put VB 31113 272 6 him -PRON- PRP 31113 272 7 down down RP 31113 272 8 , , , 31113 272 9 used use VBD 31113 272 10 all all PDT 31113 272 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 272 12 force force NN 31113 272 13 to to TO 31113 272 14 compel compel VB 31113 272 15 them -PRON- PRP 31113 272 16 to to TO 31113 272 17 do do VB 31113 272 18 so so RB 31113 272 19 , , , 31113 272 20 repeated repeat VBD 31113 272 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 272 22 orders order NNS 31113 272 23 in in IN 31113 272 24 no no DT 31113 272 25 measured measured JJ 31113 272 26 terms term NNS 31113 272 27 , , , 31113 272 28 and and CC 31113 272 29 continued continue VBD 31113 272 30 to to TO 31113 272 31 denounce denounce VB 31113 272 32 the the DT 31113 272 33 corporals corporal NNS 31113 272 34 after after IN 31113 272 35 they -PRON- PRP 31113 272 36 had have VBD 31113 272 37 placed place VBN 31113 272 38 him -PRON- PRP 31113 272 39 on on IN 31113 272 40 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 272 41 feet foot NNS 31113 272 42 by by IN 31113 272 43 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 272 44 side side NN 31113 272 45 . . . 31113 273 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 273 2 was be VBD 31113 273 3 wild wild JJ 31113 273 4 with with IN 31113 273 5 rage rage NN 31113 273 6 . . . 31113 274 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 274 2 at at IN 31113 274 3 once once RB 31113 274 4 relinquished relinquish VBD 31113 274 5 to to IN 31113 274 6 him -PRON- PRP 31113 274 7 the the DT 31113 274 8 command command NN 31113 274 9 of of IN 31113 274 10 the the DT 31113 274 11 company company NN 31113 274 12 , , , 31113 274 13 and and CC 31113 274 14 said say VBD 31113 274 15 : : : 31113 274 16 " " `` 31113 274 17 Captain captain NN 31113 274 18 , , , 31113 274 19 the the DT 31113 274 20 corporals corporal NNS 31113 274 21 are be VBP 31113 274 22 not not RB 31113 274 23 in in IN 31113 274 24 fault fault NN 31113 274 25 . . . 31113 275 1 They -PRON- PRP 31113 275 2 simply simply RB 31113 275 3 obeyed obey VBD 31113 275 4 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 275 5 order order NN 31113 275 6 whilst whilst IN 31113 275 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 275 8 was be VBD 31113 275 9 , , , 31113 275 10 by by IN 31113 275 11 your -PRON- PRP$ 31113 275 12 authority authority NN 31113 275 13 , , , 31113 275 14 in in IN 31113 275 15 command command NN 31113 275 16 of of IN 31113 275 17 the the DT 31113 275 18 company company NN 31113 275 19 . . . 31113 276 1 Blame blame VB 31113 276 2 me -PRON- PRP 31113 276 3 , , , 31113 276 4 if if IN 31113 276 5 you -PRON- PRP 31113 276 6 will will MD 31113 276 7 , , , 31113 276 8 but but CC 31113 276 9 exonerate exonerate VB 31113 276 10 them -PRON- PRP 31113 276 11 . . . 31113 276 12 " " '' 31113 277 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 277 2 apologised apologise VBD 31113 277 3 to to IN 31113 277 4 the the DT 31113 277 5 corporals corporal NNS 31113 277 6 for for IN 31113 277 7 kicking kick VBG 31113 277 8 , , , 31113 277 9 striking strike VBG 31113 277 10 , , , 31113 277 11 and and CC 31113 277 12 otherwise otherwise RB 31113 277 13 abusing abuse VBG 31113 277 14 them -PRON- PRP 31113 277 15 , , , 31113 277 16 and and CC 31113 277 17 thanked thank VBD 31113 277 18 them -PRON- PRP 31113 277 19 for for IN 31113 277 20 the the DT 31113 277 21 service service NN 31113 277 22 they -PRON- PRP 31113 277 23 had have VBD 31113 277 24 rendered render VBN 31113 277 25 him -PRON- PRP 31113 277 26 . . . 31113 278 1 The the DT 31113 278 2 termination termination NN 31113 278 3 of of IN 31113 278 4 this this DT 31113 278 5 incident incident NN 31113 278 6 made make VBD 31113 278 7 an an DT 31113 278 8 indelible indelible JJ 31113 278 9 impression impression NN 31113 278 10 on on IN 31113 278 11 the the DT 31113 278 12 men man NNS 31113 278 13 in in IN 31113 278 14 favor favor NN 31113 278 15 of of IN 31113 278 16 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 278 17 Captain captain NN 31113 278 18 . . . 31113 279 1 That that DT 31113 279 2 night night NN 31113 279 3 the the DT 31113 279 4 company company NN 31113 279 5 slept sleep VBD 31113 279 6 among among IN 31113 279 7 the the DT 31113 279 8 sand sand NN 31113 279 9 hills hill VBZ 31113 279 10 a a DT 31113 279 11 few few JJ 31113 279 12 hundred hundred CD 31113 279 13 yards yard NNS 31113 279 14 from from IN 31113 279 15 the the DT 31113 279 16 shore shore NN 31113 279 17 , , , 31113 279 18 undisturbed undisturbed JJ 31113 279 19 , , , 31113 279 20 except except IN 31113 279 21 by by IN 31113 279 22 a a DT 31113 279 23 flurry flurry NN 31113 279 24 of of IN 31113 279 25 firing firing NN 31113 279 26 which which WDT 31113 279 27 occurred occur VBD 31113 279 28 about about RB 31113 279 29 10 10 CD 31113 279 30 P. P. NNP 31113 279 31 M. M. NNP 31113 279 32 , , , 31113 279 33 between between IN 31113 279 34 a a DT 31113 279 35 Mexican mexican JJ 31113 279 36 detachment detachment NN 31113 279 37 and and CC 31113 279 38 the the DT 31113 279 39 Light light JJ 31113 279 40 battalion battalion NN 31113 279 41 of of IN 31113 279 42 Worth Worth NNP 31113 279 43 's 's POS 31113 279 44 division division NN 31113 279 45 . . . 31113 280 1 This this DT 31113 280 2 firing firing NN 31113 280 3 continued continue VBD 31113 280 4 for for IN 31113 280 5 a a DT 31113 280 6 few few JJ 31113 280 7 minutes minute NNS 31113 280 8 , , , 31113 280 9 and and CC 31113 280 10 then then RB 31113 280 11 all all DT 31113 280 12 was be VBD 31113 280 13 quiet quiet JJ 31113 280 14 for for IN 31113 280 15 the the DT 31113 280 16 rest rest NN 31113 280 17 of of IN 31113 280 18 the the DT 31113 280 19 night night NN 31113 280 20 . . . 31113 281 1 About about IN 31113 281 2 sunrise sunrise NN 31113 281 3 next next JJ 31113 281 4 morning morning NN 31113 281 5 , , , 31113 281 6 the the DT 31113 281 7 company company NN 31113 281 8 moved move VBD 31113 281 9 several several JJ 31113 281 10 hundred hundred CD 31113 281 11 yards yard NNS 31113 281 12 , , , 31113 281 13 into into IN 31113 281 14 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 281 15 position position NN 31113 281 16 on on IN 31113 281 17 the the DT 31113 281 18 sand sand NN 31113 281 19 hills hill NNS 31113 281 20 , , , 31113 281 21 on on IN 31113 281 22 the the DT 31113 281 23 right right NN 31113 281 24 of of IN 31113 281 25 Worth Worth NNP 31113 281 26 's 's POS 31113 281 27 division division NN 31113 281 28 in in IN 31113 281 29 the the DT 31113 281 30 line line NN 31113 281 31 of of IN 31113 281 32 investment investment NN 31113 281 33 , , , 31113 281 34 facing face VBG 31113 281 35 Vera Vera NNP 31113 281 36 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 281 37 which which WDT 31113 281 38 was be VBD 31113 281 39 about about RB 31113 281 40 two two CD 31113 281 41 miles mile NNS 31113 281 42 distant distant JJ 31113 281 43 . . . 31113 282 1 The the DT 31113 282 2 Captain Captain NNP 31113 282 3 showed show VBD 31113 282 4 wonderful wonderful JJ 31113 282 5 increase increase NN 31113 282 6 of of IN 31113 282 7 vitality vitality NN 31113 282 8 after after IN 31113 282 9 he -PRON- PRP 31113 282 10 reached reach VBD 31113 282 11 the the DT 31113 282 12 shore shore NN 31113 282 13 . . . 31113 283 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 283 2 conducted conduct VBD 31113 283 3 the the DT 31113 283 4 company company NN 31113 283 5 to to IN 31113 283 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 283 7 assigned assigned JJ 31113 283 8 place place NN 31113 283 9 in in IN 31113 283 10 the the DT 31113 283 11 line line NN 31113 283 12 of of IN 31113 283 13 investment investment NN 31113 283 14 without without IN 31113 283 15 much much JJ 31113 283 16 apparent apparent JJ 31113 283 17 difficulty difficulty NN 31113 283 18 in in IN 31113 283 19 walking walk VBG 31113 283 20 through through IN 31113 283 21 the the DT 31113 283 22 sand sand NN 31113 283 23 . . . 31113 284 1 But but CC 31113 284 2 three three CD 31113 284 3 hours hour NNS 31113 284 4 exposure exposure NN 31113 284 5 to to IN 31113 284 6 the the DT 31113 284 7 hot hot JJ 31113 284 8 sun sun NN 31113 284 9 was be VBD 31113 284 10 more more JJR 31113 284 11 than than IN 31113 284 12 he -PRON- PRP 31113 284 13 could could MD 31113 284 14 bear bear VB 31113 284 15 ; ; : 31113 284 16 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 284 17 strength strength NN 31113 284 18 was be VBD 31113 284 19 gone go VBN 31113 284 20 . . . 31113 285 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 285 2 lost lose VBD 31113 285 3 consciousness consciousness NN 31113 285 4 and and CC 31113 285 5 was be VBD 31113 285 6 , , , 31113 285 7 by by IN 31113 285 8 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 285 9 order order NN 31113 285 10 , , , 31113 285 11 carried carry VBN 31113 285 12 to to IN 31113 285 13 the the DT 31113 285 14 beach beach NN 31113 285 15 on on IN 31113 285 16 an an DT 31113 285 17 improvised improvise VBN 31113 285 18 litter litter NN 31113 285 19 . . . 31113 286 1 The the DT 31113 286 2 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 286 3 of of IN 31113 286 4 the the DT 31113 286 5 party party NN 31113 286 6 was be VBD 31113 286 7 instructed instruct VBN 31113 286 8 to to TO 31113 286 9 report report VB 31113 286 10 to to IN 31113 286 11 the the DT 31113 286 12 naval naval JJ 31113 286 13 officer officer NN 31113 286 14 in in IN 31113 286 15 charge charge NN 31113 286 16 of of IN 31113 286 17 the the DT 31113 286 18 surf surf NN 31113 286 19 boats boat NNS 31113 286 20 , , , 31113 286 21 and and CC 31113 286 22 in in IN 31113 286 23 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 286 24 name name NN 31113 286 25 , , , 31113 286 26 request request VBP 31113 286 27 that that IN 31113 286 28 Captain Captain NNP 31113 286 29 Swift Swift NNP 31113 286 30 be be VB 31113 286 31 taken take VBN 31113 286 32 as as RB 31113 286 33 soon soon RB 31113 286 34 as as IN 31113 286 35 practicable practicable JJ 31113 286 36 , , , 31113 286 37 to to IN 31113 286 38 the the DT 31113 286 39 steamer steamer NN 31113 286 40 which which WDT 31113 286 41 was be VBD 31113 286 42 the the DT 31113 286 43 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 286 44 of of IN 31113 286 45 General General NNP 31113 286 46 Scott Scott NNP 31113 286 47 . . . 31113 287 1 That that DT 31113 287 2 request request NN 31113 287 3 was be VBD 31113 287 4 promptly promptly RB 31113 287 5 complied comply VBN 31113 287 6 with with IN 31113 287 7 ; ; : 31113 287 8 but but CC 31113 287 9 the the DT 31113 287 10 Captain Captain NNP 31113 287 11 's 's POS 31113 287 12 vitality vitality NN 31113 287 13 was be VBD 31113 287 14 exhausted exhaust VBN 31113 287 15 . . . 31113 288 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 288 2 was be VBD 31113 288 3 sent send VBN 31113 288 4 to to IN 31113 288 5 the the DT 31113 288 6 United United NNP 31113 288 7 States States NNP 31113 288 8 on on IN 31113 288 9 the the DT 31113 288 10 first first JJ 31113 288 11 steamer steamer NN 31113 288 12 that that WDT 31113 288 13 left leave VBD 31113 288 14 Vera Vera NNP 31113 288 15 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 288 16 after after IN 31113 288 17 the the DT 31113 288 18 landing landing NN 31113 288 19 was be VBD 31113 288 20 effected effect VBN 31113 288 21 , , , 31113 288 22 and and CC 31113 288 23 died die VBD 31113 288 24 in in IN 31113 288 25 New New NNP 31113 288 26 Orleans Orleans NNP 31113 288 27 within within IN 31113 288 28 twenty twenty CD 31113 288 29 - - HYPH 31113 288 30 four four CD 31113 288 31 hours hour NNS 31113 288 32 after after IN 31113 288 33 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 288 34 arrival arrival NN 31113 288 35 at at IN 31113 288 36 that that DT 31113 288 37 place place NN 31113 288 38 . . . 31113 289 1 Thus thus RB 31113 289 2 , , , 31113 289 3 the the DT 31113 289 4 army army NN 31113 289 5 and and CC 31113 289 6 the the DT 31113 289 7 country country NN 31113 289 8 lost lose VBD 31113 289 9 the the DT 31113 289 10 services service NNS 31113 289 11 of of IN 31113 289 12 one one CD 31113 289 13 of of IN 31113 289 14 the the DT 31113 289 15 best good JJS 31113 289 16 officers officer NNS 31113 289 17 of of IN 31113 289 18 the the DT 31113 289 19 U. U. NNP 31113 289 20 S. S. NNP 31113 289 21 Corps Corps NNP 31113 289 22 of of IN 31113 289 23 Military Military NNP 31113 289 24 Engineers Engineers NNPS 31113 289 25 ; ; : 31113 289 26 and and CC 31113 289 27 the the DT 31113 289 28 engineer engineer NN 31113 289 29 company company NN 31113 289 30 lost lose VBD 31113 289 31 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 289 32 trained train VBN 31113 289 33 Captain Captain NNP 31113 289 34 . . . 31113 290 1 FOOTNOTE FOOTNOTE NNS 31113 290 2 : : : 31113 290 3 [ [ -LRB- 31113 290 4 1 1 CD 31113 290 5 ] ] -RRB- 31113 290 6 At at IN 31113 290 7 that that DT 31113 290 8 time time NN 31113 290 9 , , , 31113 290 10 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 290 11 was be VBD 31113 290 12 about about RB 31113 290 13 20 20 CD 31113 290 14 years year NNS 31113 290 15 of of IN 31113 290 16 age age NN 31113 290 17 . . . 31113 291 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER NNP 31113 291 2 II II NNP 31113 291 3 . . . 31113 292 1 ENGAGED ENGAGED NNP 31113 292 2 IN in IN 31113 292 3 OPERATIONS operations JJ 31113 292 4 AGAINST against IN 31113 292 5 VERA VERA NNP 31113 292 6 CRUZ CRUZ NNP 31113 292 7 . . . 31113 293 1 Within within IN 31113 293 2 a a DT 31113 293 3 short short JJ 31113 293 4 time time NN 31113 293 5 after after IN 31113 293 6 Captain Captain NNP 31113 293 7 Swift Swift NNP 31113 293 8 was be VBD 31113 293 9 taken take VBN 31113 293 10 to to IN 31113 293 11 the the DT 31113 293 12 beach beach NN 31113 293 13 , , , 31113 293 14 I -PRON- PRP 31113 293 15 received receive VBD 31113 293 16 an an DT 31113 293 17 order order NN 31113 293 18 , , , 31113 293 19 from from IN 31113 293 20 General General NNP 31113 293 21 Worth Worth NNP 31113 293 22 , , , 31113 293 23 directing direct VBG 31113 293 24 me -PRON- PRP 31113 293 25 to to TO 31113 293 26 withdraw withdraw VB 31113 293 27 the the DT 31113 293 28 engineer engineer NN 31113 293 29 company company NN 31113 293 30 from from IN 31113 293 31 the the DT 31113 293 32 line line NN 31113 293 33 of of IN 31113 293 34 investment investment NN 31113 293 35 and and CC 31113 293 36 report report NN 31113 293 37 to to IN 31113 293 38 General General NNP 31113 293 39 Patterson Patterson NNP 31113 293 40 . . . 31113 294 1 The the DT 31113 294 2 latter latter JJ 31113 294 3 instructed instruct VBD 31113 294 4 me -PRON- PRP 31113 294 5 to to TO 31113 294 6 locate locate VB 31113 294 7 and and CC 31113 294 8 open open VB 31113 294 9 a a DT 31113 294 10 road road NN 31113 294 11 through through IN 31113 294 12 the the DT 31113 294 13 chaparral chaparral NN 31113 294 14 to to IN 31113 294 15 the the DT 31113 294 16 old old JJ 31113 294 17 Malibran Malibran NNP 31113 294 18 ruins ruin VBZ 31113 294 19 . . . 31113 295 1 This this DT 31113 295 2 was be VBD 31113 295 3 accomplished accomplish VBN 31113 295 4 by by IN 31113 295 5 the the DT 31113 295 6 middle middle NN 31113 295 7 of of IN 31113 295 8 the the DT 31113 295 9 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 295 10 . . . 31113 296 1 General General NNP 31113 296 2 Pillow Pillow NNP 31113 296 3 who who WP 31113 296 4 was be VBD 31113 296 5 to to TO 31113 296 6 occupy occupy VB 31113 296 7 a a DT 31113 296 8 position position NN 31113 296 9 beyond beyond IN 31113 296 10 Malibran Malibran NNP 31113 296 11 , , , 31113 296 12 requested request VBD 31113 296 13 me -PRON- PRP 31113 296 14 to to TO 31113 296 15 take take VB 31113 296 16 charge charge NN 31113 296 17 of of IN 31113 296 18 a a DT 31113 296 19 working work VBG 31113 296 20 party party NN 31113 296 21 of of IN 31113 296 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 296 23 troops troop NNS 31113 296 24 and and CC 31113 296 25 , , , 31113 296 26 with with IN 31113 296 27 the the DT 31113 296 28 engineer engineer NN 31113 296 29 company company NN 31113 296 30 , , , 31113 296 31 locate locate VB 31113 296 32 and and CC 31113 296 33 open open VB 31113 296 34 a a DT 31113 296 35 road road NN 31113 296 36 along along IN 31113 296 37 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 296 38 line line NN 31113 296 39 to to IN 31113 296 40 the the DT 31113 296 41 bare bare JJ 31113 296 42 sand sand NN 31113 296 43 hills hill VBZ 31113 296 44 on on IN 31113 296 45 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 296 46 left left NN 31113 296 47 . . . 31113 297 1 In in IN 31113 297 2 this this DT 31113 297 3 work work NN 31113 297 4 we -PRON- PRP 31113 297 5 were be VBD 31113 297 6 somewhat somewhat RB 31113 297 7 disturbed disturb VBN 31113 297 8 by by IN 31113 297 9 the the DT 31113 297 10 fire fire NN 31113 297 11 of of IN 31113 297 12 Mexican mexican JJ 31113 297 13 detachments detachment NNS 31113 297 14 . . . 31113 298 1 On on IN 31113 298 2 the the DT 31113 298 3 11th 11th NN 31113 298 4 , , , 31113 298 5 the the DT 31113 298 6 work work NN 31113 298 7 of of IN 31113 298 8 locating locate VBG 31113 298 9 and and CC 31113 298 10 opening open VBG 31113 298 11 the the DT 31113 298 12 road road NN 31113 298 13 along along IN 31113 298 14 the the DT 31113 298 15 line line NN 31113 298 16 of of IN 31113 298 17 investment investment NN 31113 298 18 was be VBD 31113 298 19 continued continue VBN 31113 298 20 , , , 31113 298 21 the the DT 31113 298 22 working work VBG 31113 298 23 party party NN 31113 298 24 being be VBG 31113 298 25 still still RB 31113 298 26 a a DT 31113 298 27 good good JJ 31113 298 28 deal deal NN 31113 298 29 annoyed annoy VBN 31113 298 30 by by IN 31113 298 31 both both CC 31113 298 32 infantry infantry NN 31113 298 33 and and CC 31113 298 34 artillery artillery NN 31113 298 35 fire fire NN 31113 298 36 . . . 31113 299 1 At at IN 31113 299 2 1 1 CD 31113 299 3 P. P. NNP 31113 299 4 M. M. NNP 31113 299 5 , , , 31113 299 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 299 7 reported report VBD 31113 299 8 to to IN 31113 299 9 General General NNP 31113 299 10 Patterson Patterson NNP 31113 299 11 that that IN 31113 299 12 the the DT 31113 299 13 road road NN 31113 299 14 was be VBD 31113 299 15 opened open VBN 31113 299 16 , , , 31113 299 17 through through IN 31113 299 18 the the DT 31113 299 19 chaparral chaparral NN 31113 299 20 , , , 31113 299 21 to to IN 31113 299 22 the the DT 31113 299 23 bare bare JJ 31113 299 24 sand sand NN 31113 299 25 hills hill NNS 31113 299 26 . . . 31113 300 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 300 2 ordered order VBD 31113 300 3 me -PRON- PRP 31113 300 4 to to TO 31113 300 5 report report VB 31113 300 6 , , , 31113 300 7 with with IN 31113 300 8 the the DT 31113 300 9 engineer engineer NN 31113 300 10 company company NN 31113 300 11 , , , 31113 300 12 to to IN 31113 300 13 General General NNP 31113 300 14 Worth Worth NNP 31113 300 15 ; ; : 31113 300 16 and and CC 31113 300 17 the the DT 31113 300 18 latter latter JJ 31113 300 19 directed direct VBD 31113 300 20 me -PRON- PRP 31113 300 21 to to TO 31113 300 22 report report VB 31113 300 23 to to IN 31113 300 24 the the DT 31113 300 25 General General NNP 31113 300 26 Headquarters Headquarters NNPS 31113 300 27 . . . 31113 301 1 On on IN 31113 301 2 the the DT 31113 301 3 same same JJ 31113 301 4 day day NN 31113 301 5 I -PRON- PRP 31113 301 6 was be VBD 31113 301 7 ordered order VBN 31113 301 8 by by IN 31113 301 9 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 301 10 Totten Totten NNP 31113 301 11 , , , 31113 301 12 Chief Chief NNP 31113 301 13 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 301 14 , , , 31113 301 15 to to TO 31113 301 16 find find VB 31113 301 17 and and CC 31113 301 18 cut cut VB 31113 301 19 off off RP 31113 301 20 the the DT 31113 301 21 underground underground JJ 31113 301 22 - 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372 12 the the DT 31113 372 13 detachment detachment NN 31113 372 14 , , , 31113 372 15 I -PRON- PRP 31113 372 16 asked ask VBD 31113 372 17 them -PRON- PRP 31113 372 18 to to TO 31113 372 19 point point VB 31113 372 20 him -PRON- PRP 31113 372 21 out out RP 31113 372 22 to to IN 31113 372 23 me -PRON- PRP 31113 372 24 . . . 31113 373 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 373 2 immediately immediately RB 31113 373 3 introduced introduce VBD 31113 373 4 myself -PRON- PRP 31113 373 5 to to IN 31113 373 6 him -PRON- PRP 31113 373 7 , , , 31113 373 8 as as IN 31113 373 9 the the DT 31113 373 10 engineer engineer NN 31113 373 11 officer officer NN 31113 373 12 in in IN 31113 373 13 full full JJ 31113 373 14 charge charge NN 31113 373 15 of of IN 31113 373 16 the the DT 31113 373 17 construction construction NN 31113 373 18 of of IN 31113 373 19 the the DT 31113 373 20 battery battery NN 31113 373 21 , , , 31113 373 22 and and CC 31113 373 23 told tell VBD 31113 373 24 him -PRON- PRP 31113 373 25 if if IN 31113 373 26 the the DT 31113 373 27 embrasures embrasure NNS 31113 373 28 were be VBD 31113 373 29 cleared clear VBN 31113 373 30 the the DT 31113 373 31 battery battery NN 31113 373 32 would would MD 31113 373 33 still still RB 31113 373 34 be be VB 31113 373 35 unfit unfit JJ 31113 373 36 for for IN 31113 373 37 service service NN 31113 373 38 -- -- : 31113 373 39 that that IN 31113 373 40 it -PRON- PRP 31113 373 41 could could MD 31113 373 42 not not RB 31113 373 43 be be VB 31113 373 44 repaired repair VBN 31113 373 45 until until IN 31113 373 46 that that DT 31113 373 47 night night NN 31113 373 48 , , , 31113 373 49 and and CC 31113 373 50 would would MD 31113 373 51 then then RB 31113 373 52 be be VB 31113 373 53 put put VBN 31113 373 54 in in IN 31113 373 55 better well JJR 31113 373 56 condition condition NN 31113 373 57 than than IN 31113 373 58 it -PRON- PRP 31113 373 59 was be VBD 31113 373 60 when when WRB 31113 373 61 it -PRON- PRP 31113 373 62 first first RB 31113 373 63 opened open VBD 31113 373 64 . . . 31113 374 1 The the DT 31113 374 2 army army NN 31113 374 3 gun gun NN 31113 374 4 battery battery NN 31113 374 5 would would MD 31113 374 6 be be VB 31113 374 7 ready ready JJ 31113 374 8 next next JJ 31113 374 9 morning morning NN 31113 374 10 ; ; : 31113 374 11 and and CC 31113 374 12 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 374 13 fire fire NN 31113 374 14 , , , 31113 374 15 combined combine VBN 31113 374 16 with with IN 31113 374 17 that that DT 31113 374 18 of of IN 31113 374 19 the the DT 31113 374 20 naval naval JJ 31113 374 21 battery battery NN 31113 374 22 , , , 31113 374 23 after after IN 31113 374 24 the the DT 31113 374 25 latter latter NN 31113 374 26 was be VBD 31113 374 27 put put VBN 31113 374 28 in in IN 31113 374 29 good good JJ 31113 374 30 condition condition NN 31113 374 31 , , , 31113 374 32 would would MD 31113 374 33 be be VB 31113 374 34 very very RB 31113 374 35 effective effective JJ 31113 374 36 . . . 31113 375 1 But but CC 31113 375 2 , , , 31113 375 3 if if IN 31113 375 4 the the DT 31113 375 5 naval naval JJ 31113 375 6 detachment detachment NN 31113 375 7 opened open VBD 31113 375 8 fire fire NN 31113 375 9 that that DT 31113 375 10 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 375 11 , , , 31113 375 12 the the DT 31113 375 13 battery battery NN 31113 375 14 being be VBG 31113 375 15 unfit unfit JJ 31113 375 16 for for IN 31113 375 17 service service NN 31113 375 18 , , , 31113 375 19 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 375 20 ammunition ammunition NN 31113 375 21 would would MD 31113 375 22 be be VB 31113 375 23 exhausted exhaust VBN 31113 375 24 before before IN 31113 375 25 night night NN 31113 375 26 without without IN 31113 375 27 hurting hurt VBG 31113 375 28 the the DT 31113 375 29 enemy enemy NN 31113 375 30 ; ; : 31113 375 31 and and CC 31113 375 32 the the DT 31113 375 33 battery battery NN 31113 375 34 would would MD 31113 375 35 necessarily necessarily RB 31113 375 36 be be VB 31113 375 37 silent silent JJ 31113 375 38 the the DT 31113 375 39 next next JJ 31113 375 40 day day NN 31113 375 41 , , , 31113 375 42 when when WRB 31113 375 43 the the DT 31113 375 44 army army NN 31113 375 45 battery battery NN 31113 375 46 would would MD 31113 375 47 open open VB 31113 375 48 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 375 49 fire fire NN 31113 375 50 . . . 31113 376 1 The the DT 31113 376 2 naval naval JJ 31113 376 3 captain captain NN 31113 376 4 insisted insist VBD 31113 376 5 that that IN 31113 376 6 the the DT 31113 376 7 embrasures embrasure NNS 31113 376 8 should should MD 31113 376 9 be be VB 31113 376 10 cleared clear VBN 31113 376 11 at at IN 31113 376 12 once once RB 31113 376 13 , , , 31113 376 14 and and CC 31113 376 15 the the DT 31113 376 16 firing firing NN 31113 376 17 resumed resume VBD 31113 376 18 . . . 31113 377 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 377 2 protested protest VBD 31113 377 3 against against IN 31113 377 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 377 5 clearing clearing NN 31113 377 6 the the DT 31113 377 7 embrasures embrasure NNS 31113 377 8 and and CC 31113 377 9 told tell VBD 31113 377 10 him -PRON- PRP 31113 377 11 that that DT 31113 377 12 , , , 31113 377 13 but but CC 31113 377 14 for for IN 31113 377 15 the the DT 31113 377 16 appearance appearance NN 31113 377 17 of of IN 31113 377 18 the the DT 31113 377 19 thing thing NN 31113 377 20 , , , 31113 377 21 I -PRON- PRP 31113 377 22 would would MD 31113 377 23 leave leave VB 31113 377 24 the the DT 31113 377 25 battery battery NN 31113 377 26 and and CC 31113 377 27 take take VB 31113 377 28 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 377 29 men man NNS 31113 377 30 with with IN 31113 377 31 me -PRON- PRP 31113 377 32 if if IN 31113 377 33 he -PRON- PRP 31113 377 34 persisted persist VBD 31113 377 35 in in IN 31113 377 36 carrying carry VBG 31113 377 37 out out RP 31113 377 38 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 377 39 intentions intention NNS 31113 377 40 . . . 31113 378 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 378 2 added add VBD 31113 378 3 : : : 31113 378 4 " " `` 31113 378 5 I -PRON- PRP 31113 378 6 will will MD 31113 378 7 remain remain VB 31113 378 8 here here RB 31113 378 9 until until IN 31113 378 10 regularly regularly RB 31113 378 11 relieved relieve VBN 31113 378 12 , , , 31113 378 13 but but CC 31113 378 14 will will MD 31113 378 15 continue continue VB 31113 378 16 to to IN 31113 378 17 _ _ NNP 31113 378 18 protest protest NN 31113 378 19 _ _ NNP 31113 378 20 against against IN 31113 378 21 the the DT 31113 378 22 course course NN 31113 378 23 you -PRON- PRP 31113 378 24 propose propose VBP 31113 378 25 to to TO 31113 378 26 pursue pursue VB 31113 378 27 " " '' 31113 378 28 . . . 31113 379 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 379 2 then then RB 31113 379 3 told tell VBD 31113 379 4 me -PRON- PRP 31113 379 5 that that IN 31113 379 6 it -PRON- PRP 31113 379 7 was be VBD 31113 379 8 " " `` 31113 379 9 the the DT 31113 379 10 General General NNP 31113 379 11 's 's POS 31113 379 12 " " `` 31113 379 13 order order NN 31113 379 14 that that IN 31113 379 15 he -PRON- PRP 31113 379 16 should should MD 31113 379 17 open open VB 31113 379 18 fire fire NN 31113 379 19 that that DT 31113 379 20 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 379 21 as as RB 31113 379 22 promptly promptly RB 31113 379 23 as as IN 31113 379 24 possible possible JJ 31113 379 25 . . . 31113 380 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 380 2 asked ask VBD 31113 380 3 him -PRON- PRP 31113 380 4 why why WRB 31113 380 5 he -PRON- PRP 31113 380 6 had have VBD 31113 380 7 not not RB 31113 380 8 told tell VBD 31113 380 9 me -PRON- PRP 31113 380 10 of of IN 31113 380 11 that that DT 31113 380 12 order order NN 31113 380 13 in in IN 31113 380 14 the the DT 31113 380 15 first first JJ 31113 380 16 place place NN 31113 380 17 ; ; : 31113 380 18 and and CC 31113 380 19 added add VBD 31113 380 20 : : : 31113 380 21 " " `` 31113 380 22 It -PRON- PRP 31113 380 23 is be VBZ 31113 380 24 not not RB 31113 380 25 customary customary JJ 31113 380 26 for for IN 31113 380 27 General General NNP 31113 380 28 Scott Scott NNP 31113 380 29 to to TO 31113 380 30 give give VB 31113 380 31 orders order NNS 31113 380 32 to to TO 31113 380 33 engineer engineer VB 31113 380 34 officers officer NNS 31113 380 35 through through IN 31113 380 36 officers officer NNS 31113 380 37 of of IN 31113 380 38 the the DT 31113 380 39 navy navy NNP 31113 380 40 . . . 31113 381 1 But but CC 31113 381 2 , , , 31113 381 3 if if IN 31113 381 4 you -PRON- PRP 31113 381 5 had have VBD 31113 381 6 told tell VBD 31113 381 7 me -PRON- PRP 31113 381 8 in in IN 31113 381 9 the the DT 31113 381 10 beginning beginning NN 31113 381 11 that that IN 31113 381 12 he -PRON- PRP 31113 381 13 had have VBD 31113 381 14 ordered order VBN 31113 381 15 the the DT 31113 381 16 battery battery NN 31113 381 17 to to TO 31113 381 18 commence commence VB 31113 381 19 firing firing NN 31113 381 20 as as RB 31113 381 21 soon soon RB 31113 381 22 as as IN 31113 381 23 possible possible JJ 31113 381 24 after after IN 31113 381 25 you -PRON- PRP 31113 381 26 reached reach VBD 31113 381 27 it -PRON- PRP 31113 381 28 , , , 31113 381 29 I -PRON- PRP 31113 381 30 would would MD 31113 381 31 have have VB 31113 381 32 accepted accept VBN 31113 381 33 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 381 34 order order NN 31113 381 35 -- -- : 31113 381 36 coming come VBG 31113 381 37 to to IN 31113 381 38 me -PRON- PRP 31113 381 39 through through IN 31113 381 40 you -PRON- PRP 31113 381 41 . . . 31113 381 42 " " '' 31113 382 1 To to IN 31113 382 2 this this DT 31113 382 3 he -PRON- PRP 31113 382 4 replied reply VBD 31113 382 5 ; ; : 31113 382 6 " " `` 31113 382 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 382 8 did do VBD 31113 382 9 not not RB 31113 382 10 say say VB 31113 382 11 the the DT 31113 382 12 order order NN 31113 382 13 came come VBD 31113 382 14 from from IN 31113 382 15 General General NNP 31113 382 16 Scott Scott NNP 31113 382 17 . . . 31113 382 18 " " '' 31113 383 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 383 2 asked ask VBD 31113 383 3 : : : 31113 383 4 " " `` 31113 383 5 Whom whom WP 31113 383 6 did do VBD 31113 383 7 you -PRON- PRP 31113 383 8 mean mean VB 31113 383 9 when when WRB 31113 383 10 you -PRON- PRP 31113 383 11 said say VBD 31113 383 12 ' ' '' 31113 383 13 the the DT 31113 383 14 General General NNP 31113 383 15 . . . 31113 383 16 ' ' '' 31113 383 17 " " '' 31113 384 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 384 2 told tell VBD 31113 384 3 me -PRON- PRP 31113 384 4 that that IN 31113 384 5 he -PRON- PRP 31113 384 6 meant mean VBD 31113 384 7 " " `` 31113 384 8 General General NNP 31113 384 9 Patterson Patterson NNP 31113 384 10 . . . 31113 384 11 " " '' 31113 385 1 To to TO 31113 385 2 which which WDT 31113 385 3 I -PRON- PRP 31113 385 4 replied reply VBD 31113 385 5 : : : 31113 385 6 " " `` 31113 385 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 385 8 receive receive VBP 31113 385 9 no no DT 31113 385 10 orders order NNS 31113 385 11 in in IN 31113 385 12 reference reference NN 31113 385 13 to to IN 31113 385 14 this this DT 31113 385 15 battery battery NN 31113 385 16 except except IN 31113 385 17 from from IN 31113 385 18 General General NNP 31113 385 19 Scott Scott NNP 31113 385 20 or or CC 31113 385 21 the the DT 31113 385 22 Chief Chief NNP 31113 385 23 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 385 24 of of IN 31113 385 25 the the DT 31113 385 26 Army Army NNP 31113 385 27 . . . 31113 385 28 " " '' 31113 386 1 The the DT 31113 386 2 naval naval JJ 31113 386 3 captain captain NN 31113 386 4 finally finally RB 31113 386 5 said say VBD 31113 386 6 he -PRON- PRP 31113 386 7 would would MD 31113 386 8 not not RB 31113 386 9 open open VB 31113 386 10 fire fire NN 31113 386 11 until until IN 31113 386 12 next next JJ 31113 386 13 morning morning NN 31113 386 14 ; ; : 31113 386 15 provided provide VBN 31113 386 16 I -PRON- PRP 31113 386 17 would would MD 31113 386 18 report report VB 31113 386 19 the the DT 31113 386 20 circumstances circumstance NNS 31113 386 21 to to IN 31113 386 22 General General NNP 31113 386 23 Scott Scott NNP 31113 386 24 . . . 31113 387 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 387 2 told tell VBD 31113 387 3 him -PRON- PRP 31113 387 4 it -PRON- PRP 31113 387 5 was be VBD 31113 387 6 not not RB 31113 387 7 usual usual JJ 31113 387 8 for for IN 31113 387 9 me -PRON- PRP 31113 387 10 to to TO 31113 387 11 report report VB 31113 387 12 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 387 13 action action NN 31113 387 14 direct direct RB 31113 387 15 to to IN 31113 387 16 the the DT 31113 387 17 General General NNP 31113 387 18 - - HYPH 31113 387 19 in in IN 31113 387 20 - - HYPH 31113 387 21 Chief chief NN 31113 387 22 : : : 31113 387 23 but but CC 31113 387 24 , , , 31113 387 25 I -PRON- PRP 31113 387 26 would would MD 31113 387 27 report report VB 31113 387 28 all all PDT 31113 387 29 the the DT 31113 387 30 facts fact NNS 31113 387 31 to to IN 31113 387 32 the the DT 31113 387 33 Chief Chief NNP 31113 387 34 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 387 35 as as RB 31113 387 36 soon soon RB 31113 387 37 as as IN 31113 387 38 I -PRON- PRP 31113 387 39 was be VBD 31113 387 40 relieved relieve VBN 31113 387 41 and and CC 31113 387 42 had have VBD 31113 387 43 returned return VBN 31113 387 44 to to IN 31113 387 45 camp camp NN 31113 387 46 , , , 31113 387 47 and and CC 31113 387 48 he -PRON- PRP 31113 387 49 would would MD 31113 387 50 report report VB 31113 387 51 them -PRON- PRP 31113 387 52 to to IN 31113 387 53 General General NNP 31113 387 54 Scott Scott NNP 31113 387 55 . . . 31113 388 1 When when WRB 31113 388 2 I -PRON- PRP 31113 388 3 commenced commence VBD 31113 388 4 to to TO 31113 388 5 make make VB 31113 388 6 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 388 7 report report NN 31113 388 8 to to IN 31113 388 9 the the DT 31113 388 10 Chief Chief NNP 31113 388 11 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 388 12 he -PRON- PRP 31113 388 13 stopped stop VBD 31113 388 14 me -PRON- PRP 31113 388 15 ; ; : 31113 388 16 and and CC 31113 388 17 said say VBD 31113 388 18 he -PRON- PRP 31113 388 19 was be VBD 31113 388 20 instructed instruct VBN 31113 388 21 to to TO 31113 388 22 order order VB 31113 388 23 me -PRON- PRP 31113 388 24 to to TO 31113 388 25 report report VB 31113 388 26 in in IN 31113 388 27 person person NN 31113 388 28 , , , 31113 388 29 to to IN 31113 388 30 General General NNP 31113 388 31 Scott Scott NNP 31113 388 32 as as RB 31113 388 33 soon soon RB 31113 388 34 as as IN 31113 388 35 I -PRON- PRP 31113 388 36 reached reach VBD 31113 388 37 camp camp NN 31113 388 38 . . . 31113 389 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 389 2 obeyed obey VBD 31113 389 3 the the DT 31113 389 4 order order NN 31113 389 5 ; ; : 31113 389 6 and and CC 31113 389 7 was be VBD 31113 389 8 very very RB 31113 389 9 coldly coldly RB 31113 389 10 and and CC 31113 389 11 formally formally RB 31113 389 12 told tell VBN 31113 389 13 by by IN 31113 389 14 " " `` 31113 389 15 The the DT 31113 389 16 General General NNP 31113 389 17 " " '' 31113 389 18 : : : 31113 389 19 He -PRON- PRP 31113 389 20 had have VBD 31113 389 21 been be VBN 31113 389 22 informed inform VBN 31113 389 23 it -PRON- PRP 31113 389 24 was be VBD 31113 389 25 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 389 26 fault fault NN 31113 389 27 that that IN 31113 389 28 the the DT 31113 389 29 naval naval JJ 31113 389 30 battery battery NN 31113 389 31 had have VBD 31113 389 32 not not RB 31113 389 33 opened open VBN 31113 389 34 fire fire NN 31113 389 35 against against IN 31113 389 36 Vera Vera NNP 31113 389 37 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 389 38 that that DT 31113 389 39 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 389 40 . . . 31113 390 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 390 2 answered answer VBD 31113 390 3 : : : 31113 390 4 " " `` 31113 390 5 I -PRON- PRP 31113 390 6 did do VBD 31113 390 7 prevent prevent VB 31113 390 8 the the DT 31113 390 9 fire fire NN 31113 390 10 being be VBG 31113 390 11 opened open VBN 31113 390 12 ; ; : 31113 390 13 but but CC 31113 390 14 , , , 31113 390 15 that that DT 31113 390 16 act act NN 31113 390 17 was be VBD 31113 390 18 not not RB 31113 390 19 a a DT 31113 390 20 fault fault NN 31113 390 21 on on IN 31113 390 22 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 390 23 part part NN 31113 390 24 ; ; : 31113 390 25 and and CC 31113 390 26 I -PRON- PRP 31113 390 27 can can MD 31113 390 28 convince convince VB 31113 390 29 you -PRON- PRP 31113 390 30 of of IN 31113 390 31 the the DT 31113 390 32 latter latter JJ 31113 390 33 fact fact NN 31113 390 34 if if IN 31113 390 35 you -PRON- PRP 31113 390 36 will will MD 31113 390 37 give give VB 31113 390 38 me -PRON- PRP 31113 390 39 a a DT 31113 390 40 hearing hearing NN 31113 390 41 " " '' 31113 390 42 . . . 31113 391 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 391 2 replied reply VBD 31113 391 3 -- -- : 31113 391 4 still still RB 31113 391 5 very very RB 31113 391 6 coldly--"I coldly--"I NNP 31113 391 7 hope hope VBP 31113 391 8 you -PRON- PRP 31113 391 9 can can MD 31113 391 10 do do VB 31113 391 11 so so RB 31113 391 12 " " '' 31113 391 13 . . . 31113 392 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 392 2 then then RB 31113 392 3 related relate VBD 31113 392 4 to to IN 31113 392 5 him -PRON- PRP 31113 392 6 , , , 31113 392 7 in in IN 31113 392 8 full full JJ 31113 392 9 , , , 31113 392 10 all all DT 31113 392 11 that that WDT 31113 392 12 had have VBD 31113 392 13 occurred occur VBN 31113 392 14 -- -- : 31113 392 15 as as IN 31113 392 16 briefly briefly RB 31113 392 17 stated state VBN 31113 392 18 above above RB 31113 392 19 -- -- : 31113 392 20 between between IN 31113 392 21 the the DT 31113 392 22 commander commander NN 31113 392 23 of of IN 31113 392 24 the the DT 31113 392 25 naval naval JJ 31113 392 26 detachment detachment NN 31113 392 27 and and CC 31113 392 28 myself -PRON- PRP 31113 392 29 . . . 31113 393 1 My -PRON- PRP$ 31113 393 2 reasons reason NNS 31113 393 3 for for IN 31113 393 4 opposing oppose VBG 31113 393 5 the the DT 31113 393 6 opening opening NN 31113 393 7 of of IN 31113 393 8 the the DT 31113 393 9 fire fire NN 31113 393 10 of of IN 31113 393 11 the the DT 31113 393 12 battery battery NN 31113 393 13 seemed seem VBD 31113 393 14 to to TO 31113 393 15 produce produce VB 31113 393 16 little little JJ 31113 393 17 or or CC 31113 393 18 no no DT 31113 393 19 favorable favorable JJ 31113 393 20 impression impression NN 31113 393 21 on on IN 31113 393 22 General General NNP 31113 393 23 Scott Scott NNP 31113 393 24 until until IN 31113 393 25 I -PRON- PRP 31113 393 26 reached reach VBD 31113 393 27 that that DT 31113 393 28 part part NN 31113 393 29 of of IN 31113 393 30 the the DT 31113 393 31 narrative narrative NN 31113 393 32 in in IN 31113 393 33 which which WDT 31113 393 34 I -PRON- PRP 31113 393 35 replied reply VBD 31113 393 36 to to IN 31113 393 37 the the DT 31113 393 38 naval naval JJ 31113 393 39 captain captain NN 31113 393 40 's 's POS 31113 393 41 statement statement NN 31113 393 42 that that IN 31113 393 43 he -PRON- PRP 31113 393 44 meant mean VBD 31113 393 45 General General NNP 31113 393 46 Patterson Patterson NNP 31113 393 47 when when WRB 31113 393 48 he -PRON- PRP 31113 393 49 said say VBD 31113 393 50 " " `` 31113 393 51 _ _ NNP 31113 393 52 the the DT 31113 393 53 General General NNP 31113 393 54 _ _ NNP 31113 393 55 " " '' 31113 393 56 . . . 31113 394 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 394 2 gave give VBD 31113 394 3 General General NNP 31113 394 4 Scott Scott NNP 31113 394 5 the the DT 31113 394 6 exact exact JJ 31113 394 7 words word NNS 31113 394 8 I -PRON- PRP 31113 394 9 had have VBD 31113 394 10 used use VBN 31113 394 11 in in IN 31113 394 12 replying reply VBG 31113 394 13 to to IN 31113 394 14 the the DT 31113 394 15 naval naval JJ 31113 394 16 commander commander NN 31113 394 17 . . . 31113 395 1 At at IN 31113 395 2 this this DT 31113 395 3 he -PRON- PRP 31113 395 4 rose rise VBD 31113 395 5 from from IN 31113 395 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 395 7 seat seat NN 31113 395 8 -- -- : 31113 395 9 came come VBD 31113 395 10 to to IN 31113 395 11 where where WRB 31113 395 12 I -PRON- PRP 31113 395 13 was be VBD 31113 395 14 standing stand VBG 31113 395 15 , , , 31113 395 16 and and CC 31113 395 17 clasping clasp VBG 31113 395 18 one one CD 31113 395 19 of of IN 31113 395 20 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 395 21 hands hand NNS 31113 395 22 in in IN 31113 395 23 both both DT 31113 395 24 of of IN 31113 395 25 his -PRON- PRP 31113 395 26 ; ; : 31113 395 27 said say VBD 31113 395 28 : : : 31113 395 29 " " `` 31113 395 30 Thank thank VBP 31113 395 31 God God NNP 31113 395 32 I -PRON- PRP 31113 395 33 have have VBP 31113 395 34 young young JJ 31113 395 35 officers officer NNS 31113 395 36 with with IN 31113 395 37 heads head NNS 31113 395 38 on on IN 31113 395 39 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 395 40 shoulders shoulder NNS 31113 395 41 and and CC 31113 395 42 who who WP 31113 395 43 know know VBP 31113 395 44 how how WRB 31113 395 45 to to TO 31113 395 46 use use VB 31113 395 47 them -PRON- PRP 31113 395 48 " " '' 31113 395 49 . . . 31113 396 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 396 2 added add VBD 31113 396 3 : : : 31113 396 4 " " `` 31113 396 5 your -PRON- PRP$ 31113 396 6 opinion opinion NN 31113 396 7 , , , 31113 396 8 and and CC 31113 396 9 your -PRON- PRP$ 31113 396 10 action action NN 31113 396 11 , , , 31113 396 12 in in IN 31113 396 13 this this DT 31113 396 14 matter matter NN 31113 396 15 , , , 31113 396 16 would would MD 31113 396 17 do do VB 31113 396 18 credit credit NN 31113 396 19 to to IN 31113 396 20 a a DT 31113 396 21 Field field NN 31113 396 22 Marshal Marshal NNP 31113 396 23 of of IN 31113 396 24 France France NNP 31113 396 25 " " '' 31113 396 26 ! ! . 31113 397 1 To to TO 31113 397 2 which which WDT 31113 397 3 I -PRON- PRP 31113 397 4 made make VBD 31113 397 5 no no DT 31113 397 6 reply reply NN 31113 397 7 , , , 31113 397 8 but but CC 31113 397 9 thought think VBD 31113 397 10 to to IN 31113 397 11 myself -PRON- PRP 31113 397 12 : : : 31113 397 13 " " `` 31113 397 14 If if IN 31113 397 15 there there EX 31113 397 16 was be VBD 31113 397 17 a a DT 31113 397 18 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 397 19 in in IN 31113 397 20 the the DT 31113 397 21 engineer engineer NN 31113 397 22 company company NN 31113 397 23 who who WP 31113 397 24 , , , 31113 397 25 in in IN 31113 397 26 view view NN 31113 397 27 of of IN 31113 397 28 the the DT 31113 397 29 plain plain JJ 31113 397 30 facts fact NNS 31113 397 31 of of IN 31113 397 32 this this DT 31113 397 33 case case NN 31113 397 34 , , , 31113 397 35 would would MD 31113 397 36 not not RB 31113 397 37 have have VB 31113 397 38 known know VBN 31113 397 39 that that IN 31113 397 40 the the DT 31113 397 41 naval naval JJ 31113 397 42 battery battery NN 31113 397 43 ought ought MD 31113 397 44 not not RB 31113 397 45 to to TO 31113 397 46 open open VB 31113 397 47 fire fire NN 31113 397 48 that that DT 31113 397 49 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 397 50 , , , 31113 397 51 I -PRON- PRP 31113 397 52 would would MD 31113 397 53 reduce reduce VB 31113 397 54 him -PRON- PRP 31113 397 55 to to IN 31113 397 56 the the DT 31113 397 57 ranks rank NNS 31113 397 58 before before IN 31113 397 59 night night NN 31113 397 60 . . . 31113 397 61 " " '' 31113 398 1 The the DT 31113 398 2 following follow VBG 31113 398 3 extracts extract NNS 31113 398 4 from from IN 31113 398 5 my -PRON- PRP$ 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NNP 31113 428 32 that that DT 31113 428 33 day day NN 31113 428 34 . . . 31113 429 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 429 2 then then RB 31113 429 3 applied apply VBD 31113 429 4 direct direct RB 31113 429 5 to to IN 31113 429 6 the the DT 31113 429 7 Chief Chief NNP 31113 429 8 Quartermaster Quartermaster NNP 31113 429 9 for for IN 31113 429 10 transportation transportation NN 31113 429 11 . . . 31113 430 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 430 2 told tell VBD 31113 430 3 me -PRON- PRP 31113 430 4 that that IN 31113 430 5 it -PRON- PRP 31113 430 6 was be VBD 31113 430 7 impossible impossible JJ 31113 430 8 to to TO 31113 430 9 let let VB 31113 430 10 me -PRON- PRP 31113 430 11 have have VB 31113 430 12 any any DT 31113 430 13 teams team NNS 31113 430 14 at at IN 31113 430 15 that that DT 31113 430 16 time time NN 31113 430 17 -- -- : 31113 430 18 all all PDT 31113 430 19 the the DT 31113 430 20 good good JJ 31113 430 21 teams team NNS 31113 430 22 had have VBD 31113 430 23 been be VBN 31113 430 24 taken take VBN 31113 430 25 by by IN 31113 430 26 the the DT 31113 430 27 army army NN 31113 430 28 , , , 31113 430 29 General General NNP 31113 430 30 Worth Worth NNP 31113 430 31 was be VBD 31113 430 32 getting get VBG 31113 430 33 the the DT 31113 430 34 last last JJ 31113 430 35 . . . 31113 431 1 A a DT 31113 431 2 positive positive JJ 31113 431 3 order order NN 31113 431 4 from from IN 31113 431 5 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 431 6 , , , 31113 431 7 was be VBD 31113 431 8 then then RB 31113 431 9 procured procure VBN 31113 431 10 by by IN 31113 431 11 the the DT 31113 431 12 Adjutant Adjutant NNP 31113 431 13 of of IN 31113 431 14 engineers engineer NNS 31113 431 15 , , , 31113 431 16 requiring require VBG 31113 431 17 the the DT 31113 431 18 Quartermaster Quartermaster NNP 31113 431 19 's 's POS 31113 431 20 Department Department NNP 31113 431 21 to to TO 31113 431 22 furnish furnish VB 31113 431 23 transportation transportation NN 31113 431 24 for for IN 31113 431 25 the the DT 31113 431 26 engineer engineer NN 31113 431 27 train train NN 31113 431 28 , , , 31113 431 29 etc etc FW 31113 431 30 . . . 31113 432 1 The the DT 31113 432 2 teams team NNS 31113 432 3 , , , 31113 432 4 such such JJ 31113 432 5 as as IN 31113 432 6 they -PRON- PRP 31113 432 7 were be VBD 31113 432 8 , , , 31113 432 9 came come VBD 31113 432 10 into into IN 31113 432 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 432 12 camp camp NN 31113 432 13 about about IN 31113 432 14 dark dark NN 31113 432 15 on on IN 31113 432 16 the the DT 31113 432 17 12th 12th NN 31113 432 18 . . . 31113 433 1 That that DT 31113 433 2 night night NN 31113 433 3 the the DT 31113 433 4 wagons wagon NNS 31113 433 5 were be VBD 31113 433 6 loaded load VBN 31113 433 7 ; ; : 31113 433 8 and and CC 31113 433 9 we -PRON- PRP 31113 433 10 started start VBD 31113 433 11 half half PDT 31113 433 12 an an DT 31113 433 13 hour hour NN 31113 433 14 before before IN 31113 433 15 daylight daylight NN 31113 433 16 on on IN 31113 433 17 the the DT 31113 433 18 13th 13th NN 31113 433 19 . . . 31113 434 1 The the DT 31113 434 2 mules mule NNS 31113 434 3 were be VBD 31113 434 4 wild wild JJ 31113 434 5 , , , 31113 434 6 the the DT 31113 434 7 teamsters teamster NNS 31113 434 8 could could MD 31113 434 9 not not RB 31113 434 10 speak speak VB 31113 434 11 English English NNP 31113 434 12 , , , 31113 434 13 some some DT 31113 434 14 of of IN 31113 434 15 them -PRON- PRP 31113 434 16 had have VBD 31113 434 17 never never RB 31113 434 18 harnessed harness VBN 31113 434 19 an an DT 31113 434 20 animal animal NN 31113 434 21 ; ; : 31113 434 22 and and CC 31113 434 23 it -PRON- PRP 31113 434 24 was be VBD 31113 434 25 soon soon RB 31113 434 26 apparent apparent JJ 31113 434 27 that that IN 31113 434 28 the the DT 31113 434 29 men man NNS 31113 434 30 of of IN 31113 434 31 the the DT 31113 434 32 company company NN 31113 434 33 would would MD 31113 434 34 have have VB 31113 434 35 to to TO 31113 434 36 put put VB 31113 434 37 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 434 38 muskets musket NNS 31113 434 39 in in IN 31113 434 40 the the DT 31113 434 41 wagons wagon NNS 31113 434 42 and and CC 31113 434 43 give give VB 31113 434 44 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 434 45 undivided undivided JJ 31113 434 46 attention attention NN 31113 434 47 to to IN 31113 434 48 the the DT 31113 434 49 mules mule NNS 31113 434 50 . . . 31113 435 1 At at IN 31113 435 2 2 2 CD 31113 435 3 P. P. NNP 31113 435 4 M. M. NNP 31113 435 5 , , , 31113 435 6 after after IN 31113 435 7 struggling struggle VBG 31113 435 8 through through IN 31113 435 9 the the DT 31113 435 10 deep deep JJ 31113 435 11 sand sand NN 31113 435 12 , , , 31113 435 13 west west NN 31113 435 14 of of IN 31113 435 15 the the DT 31113 435 16 city city NN 31113 435 17 , , , 31113 435 18 we -PRON- PRP 31113 435 19 struck strike VBD 31113 435 20 the the DT 31113 435 21 firm firm JJ 31113 435 22 beach beach NN 31113 435 23 , , , 31113 435 24 and and CC 31113 435 25 could could MD 31113 435 26 make make VB 31113 435 27 better well JJR 31113 435 28 progress progress NN 31113 435 29 , , , 31113 435 30 for for IN 31113 435 31 about about RB 31113 435 32 three three CD 31113 435 33 miles mile NNS 31113 435 34 , , , 31113 435 35 to to IN 31113 435 36 Vergara Vergara NNP 31113 435 37 , , , 31113 435 38 where where WRB 31113 435 39 the the DT 31113 435 40 road road NN 31113 435 41 leaves leave VBZ 31113 435 42 the the DT 31113 435 43 coast coast NN 31113 435 44 , , , 31113 435 45 and and CC 31113 435 46 again again RB 31113 435 47 passes pass VBZ 31113 435 48 through through IN 31113 435 49 deep deep JJ 31113 435 50 sand sand NN 31113 435 51 . . . 31113 436 1 In in IN 31113 436 2 the the DT 31113 436 3 meantime meantime NN 31113 436 4 one one CD 31113 436 5 team team NN 31113 436 6 had have VBD 31113 436 7 become become VBN 31113 436 8 broken break VBN 31113 436 9 down down RP 31113 436 10 and and CC 31113 436 11 useless useless JJ 31113 436 12 before before IN 31113 436 13 we -PRON- PRP 31113 436 14 got get VBD 31113 436 15 beyond beyond IN 31113 436 16 the the DT 31113 436 17 city city NN 31113 436 18 . . . 31113 437 1 In in IN 31113 437 2 order order NN 31113 437 3 to to TO 31113 437 4 procure procure VB 31113 437 5 another another DT 31113 437 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 437 7 had have VBD 31113 437 8 to to TO 31113 437 9 take take VB 31113 437 10 some some DT 31113 437 11 of of IN 31113 437 12 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 437 13 own own JJ 31113 437 14 men man NNS 31113 437 15 into into IN 31113 437 16 the the DT 31113 437 17 mule mule JJ 31113 437 18 pen pen NN 31113 437 19 . . . 31113 438 1 Three three CD 31113 438 2 Mexicans Mexicans NNPS 31113 438 3 were be VBD 31113 438 4 given give VBN 31113 438 5 me -PRON- PRP 31113 438 6 to to TO 31113 438 7 lasso lasso VB 31113 438 8 the the DT 31113 438 9 mules mule NNS 31113 438 10 , , , 31113 438 11 and and CC 31113 438 12 five five CD 31113 438 13 men man NNS 31113 438 14 were be VBD 31113 438 15 required require VBN 31113 438 16 to to TO 31113 438 17 put put VB 31113 438 18 them -PRON- PRP 31113 438 19 in in IN 31113 438 20 harness harness NN 31113 438 21 -- -- : 31113 438 22 seasick seasick JJ 31113 438 23 , , , 31113 438 24 wild wild JJ 31113 438 25 , , , 31113 438 26 little little JJ 31113 438 27 animals animal NNS 31113 438 28 . . . 31113 439 1 One one CD 31113 439 2 teamster teamster NN 31113 439 3 deserted desert VBD 31113 439 4 ; ; : 31113 439 5 one one PRP 31113 439 6 had have VBD 31113 439 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 439 8 hand hand NN 31113 439 9 , , , 31113 439 10 and and CC 31113 439 11 another another DT 31113 439 12 had have VBD 31113 439 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 439 14 leg leg NN 31113 439 15 broken break VBN 31113 439 16 ; ; : 31113 439 17 and and CC 31113 439 18 a a DT 31113 439 19 number number NN 31113 439 20 of of IN 31113 439 21 mules mule NNS 31113 439 22 in in IN 31113 439 23 different different JJ 31113 439 24 teams team NNS 31113 439 25 , , , 31113 439 26 were be VBD 31113 439 27 crippled crippled JJ 31113 439 28 . . . 31113 440 1 At at IN 31113 440 2 Vergara Vergara NNP 31113 440 3 , , , 31113 440 4 half half PDT 31113 440 5 the the DT 31113 440 6 load load NN 31113 440 7 of of IN 31113 440 8 each each DT 31113 440 9 wagon wagon NN 31113 440 10 was be VBD 31113 440 11 thrown throw VBN 31113 440 12 out out RP 31113 440 13 , , , 31113 440 14 before before IN 31113 440 15 we -PRON- PRP 31113 440 16 entered enter VBD 31113 440 17 upon upon IN 31113 440 18 steep steep JJ 31113 440 19 ridges ridge NNS 31113 440 20 and and CC 31113 440 21 deep deep JJ 31113 440 22 sand sand NN 31113 440 23 immediately immediately RB 31113 440 24 after after IN 31113 440 25 leaving leave VBG 31113 440 26 the the DT 31113 440 27 beach beach NN 31113 440 28 . . . 31113 441 1 All all PDT 31113 441 2 the the DT 31113 441 3 men man NNS 31113 441 4 were be VBD 31113 441 5 engaged engage VBN 31113 441 6 in in IN 31113 441 7 helping help VBG 31113 441 8 along along IN 31113 441 9 the the DT 31113 441 10 half half JJ 31113 441 11 loaded load VBN 31113 441 12 wagons wagon NNS 31113 441 13 . . . 31113 442 1 That that DT 31113 442 2 night night NN 31113 442 3 we -PRON- PRP 31113 442 4 slept sleep VBD 31113 442 5 in in IN 31113 442 6 the the DT 31113 442 7 sand sand NN 31113 442 8 ridges ridge VBZ 31113 442 9 . . . 31113 443 1 On on IN 31113 443 2 the the DT 31113 443 3 14th 14th JJ 31113 443 4 , , , 31113 443 5 we -PRON- PRP 31113 443 6 reached reach VBD 31113 443 7 Santa Santa NNP 31113 443 8 Fé Fé NNP 31113 443 9 , , , 31113 443 10 eight eight CD 31113 443 11 miles mile NNS 31113 443 12 from from IN 31113 443 13 Vera Vera NNP 31113 443 14 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 443 15 , , , 31113 443 16 threw throw VBD 31113 443 17 out out RP 31113 443 18 the the DT 31113 443 19 half half NN 31113 443 20 loads load NNS 31113 443 21 , , , 31113 443 22 and and CC 31113 443 23 returned return VBD 31113 443 24 to to IN 31113 443 25 Vergara Vergara NNP 31113 443 26 . . . 31113 444 1 Before before IN 31113 444 2 we -PRON- PRP 31113 444 3 again again RB 31113 444 4 reached reach VBD 31113 444 5 the the DT 31113 444 6 beach beach NN 31113 444 7 , , , 31113 444 8 the the DT 31113 444 9 men man NNS 31113 444 10 had have VBD 31113 444 11 actually actually RB 31113 444 12 to to TO 31113 444 13 roll roll VB 31113 444 14 the the DT 31113 444 15 empty empty JJ 31113 444 16 wagons wagon NNS 31113 444 17 up up RP 31113 444 18 every every DT 31113 444 19 hill hill NN 31113 444 20 , , , 31113 444 21 the the DT 31113 444 22 mules mule NNS 31113 444 23 not not RB 31113 444 24 being be VBG 31113 444 25 able able JJ 31113 444 26 to to TO 31113 444 27 drag drag VB 31113 444 28 them -PRON- PRP 31113 444 29 . . . 31113 445 1 By by IN 31113 445 2 10 10 CD 31113 445 3 P. P. NNP 31113 445 4 M. M. NNP 31113 445 5 , , , 31113 445 6 we -PRON- PRP 31113 445 7 were be VBD 31113 445 8 again again RB 31113 445 9 at at IN 31113 445 10 Santa Santa NNP 31113 445 11 Fé Fé NNP 31113 445 12 , , , 31113 445 13 having have VBG 31113 445 14 killed kill VBN 31113 445 15 three three CD 31113 445 16 mules mule NNS 31113 445 17 , , , 31113 445 18 and and CC 31113 445 19 the the DT 31113 445 20 men man NNS 31113 445 21 being be VBG 31113 445 22 worked work VBN 31113 445 23 nearly nearly RB 31113 445 24 to to IN 31113 445 25 death death NN 31113 445 26 . . . 31113 446 1 Fortunately fortunately RB 31113 446 2 for for IN 31113 446 3 us -PRON- PRP 31113 446 4 , , , 31113 446 5 several several JJ 31113 446 6 good good JJ 31113 446 7 mules mule NNS 31113 446 8 that that WDT 31113 446 9 had have VBD 31113 446 10 escaped escape VBN 31113 446 11 from from IN 31113 446 12 preceding precede VBG 31113 446 13 army army NN 31113 446 14 trains train NNS 31113 446 15 , , , 31113 446 16 came come VBD 31113 446 17 out out IN 31113 446 18 of of IN 31113 446 19 the the DT 31113 446 20 chaparral chaparral NN 31113 446 21 to to IN 31113 446 22 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 446 23 feed feed NN 31113 446 24 troughs trough NNS 31113 446 25 , , , 31113 446 26 were be VBD 31113 446 27 caught catch VBN 31113 446 28 , , , 31113 446 29 and and CC 31113 446 30 " " `` 31113 446 31 pressed press VBN 31113 446 32 " " '' 31113 446 33 into into IN 31113 446 34 engineer engineer NN 31113 446 35 service service NN 31113 446 36 . . . 31113 447 1 From from IN 31113 447 2 Santa Santa NNP 31113 447 3 Fé Fé NNP 31113 447 4 the the DT 31113 447 5 road road NN 31113 447 6 was be VBD 31113 447 7 much much RB 31113 447 8 better well JJR 31113 447 9 , , , 31113 447 10 but but CC 31113 447 11 at at IN 31113 447 12 every every DT 31113 447 13 hill hill NN 31113 447 14 the the DT 31113 447 15 men man NNS 31113 447 16 had have VBD 31113 447 17 to to TO 31113 447 18 take take VB 31113 447 19 to to IN 31113 447 20 the the DT 31113 447 21 wheels wheel NNS 31113 447 22 and and CC 31113 447 23 help help VB 31113 447 24 the the DT 31113 447 25 mules mule NNS 31113 447 26 -- -- : 31113 447 27 this this DT 31113 447 28 too too RB 31113 447 29 , , , 31113 447 30 after after IN 31113 447 31 throwing throw VBG 31113 447 32 out out RP 31113 447 33 half half PDT 31113 447 34 the the DT 31113 447 35 load load NN 31113 447 36 at at IN 31113 447 37 the the DT 31113 447 38 foot foot NN 31113 447 39 of of IN 31113 447 40 some some DT 31113 447 41 of of IN 31113 447 42 the the DT 31113 447 43 steeper steep JJR 31113 447 44 hills hill NNS 31113 447 45 . . . 31113 448 1 In in IN 31113 448 2 this this DT 31113 448 3 way way NN 31113 448 4 , , , 31113 448 5 we -PRON- PRP 31113 448 6 reached reach VBD 31113 448 7 the the DT 31113 448 8 National National NNP 31113 448 9 Bridge Bridge NNP 31113 448 10 , , , 31113 448 11 at at IN 31113 448 12 3 3 CD 31113 448 13 P. P. NNP 31113 448 14 M. M. NNP 31113 448 15 on on IN 31113 448 16 the the DT 31113 448 17 16th 16th NN 31113 448 18 . . . 31113 449 1 General General NNP 31113 449 2 Worth Worth NNP 31113 449 3 's 's POS 31113 449 4 division division NN 31113 449 5 was be VBD 31113 449 6 about about IN 31113 449 7 starting start VBG 31113 449 8 from from IN 31113 449 9 that that DT 31113 449 10 place place NN 31113 449 11 to to TO 31113 449 12 make make VB 31113 449 13 a a DT 31113 449 14 night night NN 31113 449 15 march march NN 31113 449 16 to to IN 31113 449 17 Plan Plan NNP 31113 449 18 Del Del NNP 31113 449 19 Rio Rio NNP 31113 449 20 . . . 31113 450 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 450 2 informed inform VBD 31113 450 3 me -PRON- PRP 31113 450 4 that that IN 31113 450 5 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 450 6 army army NN 31113 450 7 would would MD 31113 450 8 attack attack VB 31113 450 9 the the DT 31113 450 10 enemy enemy NN 31113 450 11 , , , 31113 450 12 at at IN 31113 450 13 the the DT 31113 450 14 Cerro Cerro NNP 31113 450 15 Gordo Gordo NNP 31113 450 16 Pass Pass NNP 31113 450 17 , , , 31113 450 18 on on IN 31113 450 19 the the DT 31113 450 20 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 450 21 of of IN 31113 450 22 the the DT 31113 450 23 17th 17th NN 31113 450 24 ; ; : 31113 450 25 and and CC 31113 450 26 said say VBD 31113 450 27 he -PRON- PRP 31113 450 28 desired desire VBD 31113 450 29 that that IN 31113 450 30 the the DT 31113 450 31 engineer engineer NN 31113 450 32 company company NN 31113 450 33 should should MD 31113 450 34 accompany accompany VB 31113 450 35 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 450 36 division division NN 31113 450 37 . . . 31113 451 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 451 2 informed inform VBD 31113 451 3 him -PRON- PRP 31113 451 4 that that IN 31113 451 5 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 451 6 men man NNS 31113 451 7 and and CC 31113 451 8 animals animal NNS 31113 451 9 were be VBD 31113 451 10 utterly utterly RB 31113 451 11 exhausted exhaust VBN 31113 451 12 and and CC 31113 451 13 could could MD 31113 451 14 not not RB 31113 451 15 go go VB 31113 451 16 any any RB 31113 451 17 further further RB 31113 451 18 without without IN 31113 451 19 several several JJ 31113 451 20 hours hour NNS 31113 451 21 rest rest NN 31113 451 22 . . . 31113 452 1 But but CC 31113 452 2 I -PRON- PRP 31113 452 3 assured assure VBD 31113 452 4 him -PRON- PRP 31113 452 5 that that IN 31113 452 6 we -PRON- PRP 31113 452 7 would would MD 31113 452 8 be be VB 31113 452 9 in in IN 31113 452 10 Plan Plan NNP 31113 452 11 Del Del NNP 31113 452 12 Rio Rio NNP 31113 452 13 by by IN 31113 452 14 noon noon NN 31113 452 15 of of IN 31113 452 16 the the DT 31113 452 17 next next JJ 31113 452 18 day day NN 31113 452 19 . . . 31113 453 1 We -PRON- PRP 31113 453 2 rested rest VBD 31113 453 3 at at IN 31113 453 4 the the DT 31113 453 5 National National NNP 31113 453 6 Bridge Bridge NNP 31113 453 7 until until IN 31113 453 8 11.30 11.30 CD 31113 453 9 P. P. NNP 31113 453 10 M. M. NNP 31113 453 11 , , , 31113 453 12 on on IN 31113 453 13 the the DT 31113 453 14 16th 16th JJ 31113 453 15 and and CC 31113 453 16 reached reach VBD 31113 453 17 Plan Plan NNP 31113 453 18 Del Del NNP 31113 453 19 Rio Rio NNP 31113 453 20 , , , 31113 453 21 about about RB 31113 453 22 11 11 CD 31113 453 23 A. a. NN 31113 453 24 M. M. NNP 31113 453 25 , , , 31113 453 26 on on IN 31113 453 27 the the DT 31113 453 28 17th 17th NN 31113 453 29 . . . 31113 454 1 AT AT NNP 31113 454 2 CERRO CERRO NNP 31113 454 3 GORDO GORDO NNP 31113 454 4 . . . 31113 455 1 Soon soon RB 31113 455 2 after after IN 31113 455 3 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 455 4 arrival arrival NN 31113 455 5 at at IN 31113 455 6 Plan Plan NNP 31113 455 7 Del Del NNP 31113 455 8 Rio Rio NNP 31113 455 9 , , , 31113 455 10 I -PRON- PRP 31113 455 11 was be VBD 31113 455 12 ordered order VBN 31113 455 13 to to TO 31113 455 14 detail detail VB 31113 455 15 an an DT 31113 455 16 officer officer NN 31113 455 17 and and CC 31113 455 18 ten ten CD 31113 455 19 men man NNS 31113 455 20 of of IN 31113 455 21 the the DT 31113 455 22 engineer engineer NN 31113 455 23 company company NN 31113 455 24 to to TO 31113 455 25 report report VB 31113 455 26 to to IN 31113 455 27 General General NNP 31113 455 28 Pillow Pillow NNP 31113 455 29 for for IN 31113 455 30 temporary temporary JJ 31113 455 31 service service NN 31113 455 32 with with IN 31113 455 33 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 455 34 division division NN 31113 455 35 . . . 31113 456 1 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 456 2 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 456 3 was be VBD 31113 456 4 placed place VBN 31113 456 5 in in IN 31113 456 6 charge charge NN 31113 456 7 of of IN 31113 456 8 that that DT 31113 456 9 detail detail NN 31113 456 10 . . . 31113 457 1 With with IN 31113 457 2 the the DT 31113 457 3 remainder remainder NN 31113 457 4 of of IN 31113 457 5 the the DT 31113 457 6 company company NN 31113 457 7 , , , 31113 457 8 I -PRON- PRP 31113 457 9 was be VBD 31113 457 10 directed direct VBN 31113 457 11 to to TO 31113 457 12 report report VB 31113 457 13 to to IN 31113 457 14 Captain Captain NNP 31113 457 15 R. R. NNP 31113 457 16 E. E. NNP 31113 457 17 Lee Lee NNP 31113 457 18 , , , 31113 457 19 then then RB 31113 457 20 acting act VBG 31113 457 21 as as IN 31113 457 22 Chief Chief NNP 31113 457 23 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 457 24 of of IN 31113 457 25 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 457 26 's 's POS 31113 457 27 division division NN 31113 457 28 ; ; : 31113 457 29 who who WP 31113 457 30 instructed instruct VBD 31113 457 31 me -PRON- PRP 31113 457 32 to to TO 31113 457 33 allow allow VB 31113 457 34 the the DT 31113 457 35 men man NNS 31113 457 36 to to TO 31113 457 37 rest rest VB 31113 457 38 , , , 31113 457 39 whilst whilst IN 31113 457 40 I -PRON- PRP 31113 457 41 accompanied accompany VBD 31113 457 42 him -PRON- PRP 31113 457 43 to to IN 31113 457 44 the the DT 31113 457 45 front front NN 31113 457 46 , , , 31113 457 47 where where WRB 31113 457 48 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 457 49 's 's POS 31113 457 50 division division NN 31113 457 51 was be VBD 31113 457 52 about about IN 31113 457 53 going go VBG 31113 457 54 into into IN 31113 457 55 action action NN 31113 457 56 . . . 31113 458 1 Captain Captain NNP 31113 458 2 Lee Lee NNP 31113 458 3 informed inform VBD 31113 458 4 General General NNP 31113 458 5 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 458 6 that that IN 31113 458 7 the the DT 31113 458 8 engineer engineer NN 31113 458 9 company company NN 31113 458 10 was be VBD 31113 458 11 at at IN 31113 458 12 Plan Plan NNP 31113 458 13 Del Del NNP 31113 458 14 Rio Rio NNP 31113 458 15 , , , 31113 458 16 and and CC 31113 458 17 had have VBD 31113 458 18 been be VBN 31113 458 19 ordered order VBN 31113 458 20 to to TO 31113 458 21 serve serve VB 31113 458 22 with with IN 31113 458 23 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 458 24 division division NN 31113 458 25 . . . 31113 459 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 459 2 was be VBD 31113 459 3 directed direct VBN 31113 459 4 by by IN 31113 459 5 General General NNP 31113 459 6 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 459 7 to to TO 31113 459 8 return return VB 31113 459 9 at at IN 31113 459 10 once once RB 31113 459 11 , , , 31113 459 12 and and CC 31113 459 13 bring bring VB 31113 459 14 the the DT 31113 459 15 company company NN 31113 459 16 to to IN 31113 459 17 the the DT 31113 459 18 front front NN 31113 459 19 as as RB 31113 459 20 soon soon RB 31113 459 21 as as IN 31113 459 22 possible possible JJ 31113 459 23 . . . 31113 460 1 The the DT 31113 460 2 action action NN 31113 460 3 of of IN 31113 460 4 the the DT 31113 460 5 17th 17th NN 31113 460 6 was be VBD 31113 460 7 over over RB 31113 460 8 before before IN 31113 460 9 the the DT 31113 460 10 engineer engineer NN 31113 460 11 company company NN 31113 460 12 arrived arrive VBD 31113 460 13 . . . 31113 461 1 Captain Captain NNP 31113 461 2 Lee Lee NNP 31113 461 3 directed direct VBD 31113 461 4 me -PRON- PRP 31113 461 5 , , , 31113 461 6 with with IN 31113 461 7 a a DT 31113 461 8 portion portion NN 31113 461 9 of of IN 31113 461 10 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 461 11 men man NNS 31113 461 12 and and CC 31113 461 13 a a DT 31113 461 14 large large JJ 31113 461 15 detailed detailed JJ 31113 461 16 working working NN 31113 461 17 party party NN 31113 461 18 , , , 31113 461 19 to to TO 31113 461 20 construct construct VB 31113 461 21 a a DT 31113 461 22 battery battery NN 31113 461 23 that that DT 31113 461 24 night night NN 31113 461 25 , , , 31113 461 26 in in IN 31113 461 27 a a DT 31113 461 28 position position NN 31113 461 29 he -PRON- PRP 31113 461 30 had have VBD 31113 461 31 selected select VBN 31113 461 32 on on IN 31113 461 33 the the DT 31113 461 34 heights height NNS 31113 461 35 we -PRON- PRP 31113 461 36 had have VBD 31113 461 37 gained gain VBN 31113 461 38 that that DT 31113 461 39 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 461 40 . . . 31113 462 1 This this DT 31113 462 2 was be VBD 31113 462 3 a a DT 31113 462 4 work work NN 31113 462 5 of of IN 31113 462 6 some some DT 31113 462 7 difficulty difficulty NN 31113 462 8 , , , 31113 462 9 owing owe VBG 31113 462 10 to to IN 31113 462 11 the the DT 31113 462 12 rocky rocky JJ 31113 462 13 nature nature NN 31113 462 14 of of IN 31113 462 15 the the DT 31113 462 16 ground ground NN 31113 462 17 and and CC 31113 462 18 the the DT 31113 462 19 small small JJ 31113 462 20 depth depth NN 31113 462 21 of of IN 31113 462 22 earth earth NN 31113 462 23 -- -- : 31113 462 24 in in IN 31113 462 25 some some DT 31113 462 26 places place NNS 31113 462 27 none none NN 31113 462 28 , , , 31113 462 29 and and CC 31113 462 30 nowhere nowhere RB 31113 462 31 more more JJR 31113 462 32 than than IN 31113 462 33 a a DT 31113 462 34 few few JJ 31113 462 35 inches inch NNS 31113 462 36 . . . 31113 463 1 About about RB 31113 463 2 3 3 CD 31113 463 3 A. a. NN 31113 463 4 M. M. NNP 31113 463 5 on on IN 31113 463 6 the the DT 31113 463 7 18th 18th NN 31113 463 8 I -PRON- PRP 31113 463 9 sent send VBD 31113 463 10 one one CD 31113 463 11 of of IN 31113 463 12 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 463 13 men man NNS 31113 463 14 to to IN 31113 463 15 the the DT 31113 463 16 foot foot NN 31113 463 17 of of IN 31113 463 18 the the DT 31113 463 19 hill hill NN 31113 463 20 to to TO 31113 463 21 awaken awaken VB 31113 463 22 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 463 23 Foster Foster NNP 31113 463 24 , , , 31113 463 25 who who WP 31113 463 26 was be VBD 31113 463 27 sleeping sleep VBG 31113 463 28 there there RB 31113 463 29 with with IN 31113 463 30 the the DT 31113 463 31 company company NN 31113 463 32 , , , 31113 463 33 and and CC 31113 463 34 tell tell VB 31113 463 35 him -PRON- PRP 31113 463 36 he -PRON- PRP 31113 463 37 must must MD 31113 463 38 relieve relieve VB 31113 463 39 me -PRON- PRP 31113 463 40 for for IN 31113 463 41 the the DT 31113 463 42 rest rest NN 31113 463 43 of of IN 31113 463 44 the the DT 31113 463 45 night night NN 31113 463 46 . . . 31113 464 1 After after IN 31113 464 2 putting put VBG 31113 464 3 Foster Foster NNP 31113 464 4 in in IN 31113 464 5 charge charge NN 31113 464 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 464 7 started start VBD 31113 464 8 to to TO 31113 464 9 join join VB 31113 464 10 the the DT 31113 464 11 company company NN 31113 464 12 -- -- : 31113 464 13 and and CC 31113 464 14 became become VBD 31113 464 15 sound sound JJ 31113 464 16 asleep asleep JJ 31113 464 17 whilst whilst IN 31113 464 18 walking walk VBG 31113 464 19 down down IN 31113 464 20 the the DT 31113 464 21 hill hill NN 31113 464 22 . . . 31113 465 1 Stumbling stumble VBG 31113 465 2 into into IN 31113 465 3 a a DT 31113 465 4 quarry quarry NN 31113 465 5 hole hole NN 31113 465 6 , , , 31113 465 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 465 8 found find VBD 31113 465 9 myself -PRON- PRP 31113 465 10 sprawling sprawl VBG 31113 465 11 on on IN 31113 465 12 a a DT 31113 465 13 dead dead JJ 31113 465 14 Mexican mexican JJ 31113 465 15 soldier soldier NN 31113 465 16 -- -- : 31113 465 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 465 18 glazed glaze VBN 31113 465 19 eyes eye NNS 31113 465 20 wide wide RB 31113 465 21 open open JJ 31113 465 22 , , , 31113 465 23 within within IN 31113 465 24 a a DT 31113 465 25 few few JJ 31113 465 26 inches inch NNS 31113 465 27 of of IN 31113 465 28 mine mine NN 31113 465 29 . . . 31113 466 1 For for IN 31113 466 2 a a DT 31113 466 3 moment moment NN 31113 466 4 I -PRON- PRP 31113 466 5 felt feel VBD 31113 466 6 that that IN 31113 466 7 horror horror NN 31113 466 8 of of IN 31113 466 9 a a DT 31113 466 10 corpse corpse NN 31113 466 11 which which WDT 31113 466 12 many many JJ 31113 466 13 persons person NNS 31113 466 14 have have VBP 31113 466 15 , , , 31113 466 16 at at IN 31113 466 17 times time NNS 31113 466 18 , , , 31113 466 19 experienced experience VBD 31113 466 20 . . . 31113 467 1 The the DT 31113 467 2 probability probability NN 31113 467 3 that that WDT 31113 467 4 , , , 31113 467 5 in in IN 31113 467 6 a a DT 31113 467 7 short short JJ 31113 467 8 time time NN 31113 467 9 after after IN 31113 467 10 daylight daylight NN 31113 467 11 -- -- : 31113 467 12 in in IN 31113 467 13 storming storm VBG 31113 467 14 the the DT 31113 467 15 strong strong JJ 31113 467 16 position position NN 31113 467 17 of of IN 31113 467 18 the the DT 31113 467 19 enemy enemy NN 31113 467 20 -- -- : 31113 467 21 I -PRON- PRP 31113 467 22 might may MD 31113 467 23 be be VB 31113 467 24 as as RB 31113 467 25 dead dead JJ 31113 467 26 as as IN 31113 467 27 the the DT 31113 467 28 man man NN 31113 467 29 upon upon IN 31113 467 30 whom whom WP 31113 467 31 I -PRON- PRP 31113 467 32 was be VBD 31113 467 33 lying lie VBG 31113 467 34 , , , 31113 467 35 forced force VBD 31113 467 36 itself -PRON- PRP 31113 467 37 upon upon IN 31113 467 38 me -PRON- PRP 31113 467 39 . . . 31113 468 1 Before before IN 31113 468 2 I -PRON- PRP 31113 468 3 could could MD 31113 468 4 regain regain VB 31113 468 5 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 468 6 feet foot NNS 31113 468 7 streams stream NNS 31113 468 8 of of IN 31113 468 9 men man NNS 31113 468 10 were be VBD 31113 468 11 rushing rush VBG 31113 468 12 past past IN 31113 468 13 me -PRON- PRP 31113 468 14 in in IN 31113 468 15 the the DT 31113 468 16 darkness darkness NN 31113 468 17 ; ; : 31113 468 18 and and CC 31113 468 19 I -PRON- PRP 31113 468 20 heard hear VBD 31113 468 21 and and CC 31113 468 22 recognised recognise VBD 31113 468 23 , , , 31113 468 24 the the DT 31113 468 25 voice voice NN 31113 468 26 of of IN 31113 468 27 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 468 28 Peter Peter NNP 31113 468 29 V. V. NNP 31113 468 30 Hagner Hagner NNP 31113 468 31 , , , 31113 468 32 of of IN 31113 468 33 the the DT 31113 468 34 Ordnance Ordnance NNP 31113 468 35 , , , 31113 468 36 calling call VBG 31113 468 37 in in RP 31113 468 38 no no DT 31113 468 39 measured measure VBN 31113 468 40 tone tone NN 31113 468 41 or or CC 31113 468 42 language language NN 31113 468 43 , , , 31113 468 44 upon upon IN 31113 468 45 these these DT 31113 468 46 stampeded stampede VBN 31113 468 47 men man NNS 31113 468 48 to to TO 31113 468 49 stop stop VB 31113 468 50 . . . 31113 469 1 Whilst whilst RBR 31113 469 2 promptly promptly RB 31113 469 3 aiding aid VBG 31113 469 4 Hagner Hagner NNP 31113 469 5 to to TO 31113 469 6 bring bring VB 31113 469 7 the the DT 31113 469 8 fugitives fugitive NNS 31113 469 9 to to IN 31113 469 10 a a DT 31113 469 11 halt halt NN 31113 469 12 , , , 31113 469 13 I -PRON- PRP 31113 469 14 forgot forget VBD 31113 469 15 the the DT 31113 469 16 dead dead JJ 31113 469 17 Mexican Mexican NNP 31113 469 18 , , , 31113 469 19 and and CC 31113 469 20 the the DT 31113 469 21 whole whole JJ 31113 469 22 train train NN 31113 469 23 of of IN 31113 469 24 thought thought NN 31113 469 25 connected connect VBN 31113 469 26 with with IN 31113 469 27 the the DT 31113 469 28 corpse corpse NN 31113 469 29 . . . 31113 470 1 When when WRB 31113 470 2 something something NN 31113 470 3 like like IN 31113 470 4 order order NN 31113 470 5 was be VBD 31113 470 6 restored restore VBN 31113 470 7 on on IN 31113 470 8 the the DT 31113 470 9 hillside hillside NN 31113 470 10 I -PRON- PRP 31113 470 11 learned learn VBD 31113 470 12 from from IN 31113 470 13 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 470 14 Hagner Hagner NNP 31113 470 15 that that IN 31113 470 16 he -PRON- PRP 31113 470 17 had have VBD 31113 470 18 been be VBN 31113 470 19 detailed detail VBN 31113 470 20 to to TO 31113 470 21 take take VB 31113 470 22 one one CD 31113 470 23 of of IN 31113 470 24 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 470 25 heavy heavy JJ 31113 470 26 guns gun NNS 31113 470 27 up up IN 31113 470 28 the the DT 31113 470 29 hill hill NN 31113 470 30 to to IN 31113 470 31 the the DT 31113 470 32 battery battery NN 31113 470 33 . . . 31113 471 1 A a DT 31113 471 2 regiment regiment NN 31113 471 3 of of IN 31113 471 4 Volunteers volunteer NNS 31113 471 5 had have VBD 31113 471 6 been be VBN 31113 471 7 placed place VBN 31113 471 8 at at IN 31113 471 9 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 471 10 disposal disposal NN 31113 471 11 to to TO 31113 471 12 man man VB 31113 471 13 the the DT 31113 471 14 drag drag NN 31113 471 15 - - HYPH 31113 471 16 ropes rope NNS 31113 471 17 . . . 31113 472 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 472 2 arms arm NNS 31113 472 3 had have VBD 31113 472 4 been be VBN 31113 472 5 left leave VBN 31113 472 6 at at IN 31113 472 7 the the DT 31113 472 8 foot foot NN 31113 472 9 of of IN 31113 472 10 the the DT 31113 472 11 hill hill NN 31113 472 12 . . . 31113 473 1 On on IN 31113 473 2 finding find VBG 31113 473 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 473 4 way way NN 31113 473 5 blocked block VBN 31113 473 6 by by IN 31113 473 7 trees tree NNS 31113 473 8 , , , 31113 473 9 Hagner Hagner NNP 31113 473 10 had have VBD 31113 473 11 sent send VBN 31113 473 12 to to TO 31113 473 13 procure procure VB 31113 473 14 axes axis NNS 31113 473 15 from from IN 31113 473 16 the the DT 31113 473 17 engineer engineer NN 31113 473 18 train train NN 31113 473 19 ; ; : 31113 473 20 and and CC 31113 473 21 in in IN 31113 473 22 the the DT 31113 473 23 meantime meantime NN 31113 473 24 the the DT 31113 473 25 regiment regiment NN 31113 473 26 at at IN 31113 473 27 the the DT 31113 473 28 drag drag NN 31113 473 29 - - HYPH 31113 473 30 ropes rope NNS 31113 473 31 had have VBD 31113 473 32 been be VBN 31113 473 33 permitted permit VBN 31113 473 34 to to TO 31113 473 35 lie lie VB 31113 473 36 down down RB 31113 473 37 . . . 31113 474 1 Of of RB 31113 474 2 course course RB 31113 474 3 they -PRON- PRP 31113 474 4 went go VBD 31113 474 5 to to IN 31113 474 6 sleep sleep VB 31113 474 7 . . . 31113 475 1 Suddenly suddenly RB 31113 475 2 awakened awaken VBN 31113 475 3 by by IN 31113 475 4 a a DT 31113 475 5 false false JJ 31113 475 6 alarm alarm NN 31113 475 7 that that WDT 31113 475 8 the the DT 31113 475 9 Mexicans Mexicans NNPS 31113 475 10 were be VBD 31113 475 11 upon upon IN 31113 475 12 them -PRON- PRP 31113 475 13 , , , 31113 475 14 they -PRON- PRP 31113 475 15 rushed rush VBD 31113 475 16 down down IN 31113 475 17 the the DT 31113 475 18 hill hill NN 31113 475 19 to to TO 31113 475 20 get get VB 31113 475 21 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 475 22 arms arm NNS 31113 475 23 . . . 31113 476 1 Hagner Hagner NNP 31113 476 2 soon soon RB 31113 476 3 procured procure VBD 31113 476 4 the the DT 31113 476 5 required require VBN 31113 476 6 axes axis NNS 31113 476 7 and and CC 31113 476 8 the the DT 31113 476 9 gun gun NN 31113 476 10 was be VBD 31113 476 11 delivered deliver VBN 31113 476 12 at at IN 31113 476 13 the the DT 31113 476 14 battery battery NN 31113 476 15 in in IN 31113 476 16 good good JJ 31113 476 17 time time NN 31113 476 18 . . . 31113 477 1 At at IN 31113 477 2 daylight daylight NN 31113 477 3 I -PRON- PRP 31113 477 4 was be VBD 31113 477 5 again again RB 31113 477 6 at at IN 31113 477 7 the the DT 31113 477 8 battery battery NN 31113 477 9 . . . 31113 478 1 A a DT 31113 478 2 slight slight JJ 31113 478 3 epaulment epaulment NN 31113 478 4 had have VBD 31113 478 5 been be VBN 31113 478 6 finished finish VBN 31113 478 7 for for IN 31113 478 8 three three CD 31113 478 9 pieces piece NNS 31113 478 10 of of IN 31113 478 11 artillery artillery NN 31113 478 12 , , , 31113 478 13 the the DT 31113 478 14 platforms platform NNS 31113 478 15 were be VBD 31113 478 16 laid lay VBN 31113 478 17 , , , 31113 478 18 and and CC 31113 478 19 the the DT 31113 478 20 guns gun NNS 31113 478 21 in in IN 31113 478 22 position position NN 31113 478 23 . . . 31113 479 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 479 2 was be VBD 31113 479 3 then then RB 31113 479 4 instructed instruct VBN 31113 479 5 by by IN 31113 479 6 Captain Captain NNP 31113 479 7 Lee Lee NNP 31113 479 8 , , , 31113 479 9 to to TO 31113 479 10 send send VB 31113 479 11 ten ten CD 31113 479 12 men man NNS 31113 479 13 to to TO 31113 479 14 report report VB 31113 479 15 to to IN 31113 479 16 him -PRON- PRP 31113 479 17 for for IN 31113 479 18 special special JJ 31113 479 19 service service NN 31113 479 20 ; ; : 31113 479 21 to to TO 31113 479 22 order order VB 31113 479 23 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 479 24 Foster Foster NNP 31113 479 25 with with IN 31113 479 26 eight eight CD 31113 479 27 additional additional JJ 31113 479 28 men man NNS 31113 479 29 , , , 31113 479 30 to to TO 31113 479 31 report report VB 31113 479 32 to to IN 31113 479 33 him -PRON- PRP 31113 479 34 ( ( -LRB- 31113 479 35 Lee Lee NNP 31113 479 36 ) ) -RRB- 31113 479 37 for for IN 31113 479 38 the the DT 31113 479 39 purpose purpose NN 31113 479 40 of of IN 31113 479 41 opening open VBG 31113 479 42 a a DT 31113 479 43 road road NN 31113 479 44 for for IN 31113 479 45 the the DT 31113 479 46 light light JJ 31113 479 47 artillery artillery NN 31113 479 48 around around IN 31113 479 49 the the DT 31113 479 50 foot foot NN 31113 479 51 of of IN 31113 479 52 the the DT 31113 479 53 heights height NNS 31113 479 54 ; ; : 31113 479 55 and and CC 31113 479 56 I -PRON- PRP 31113 479 57 was be VBD 31113 479 58 ordered order VBN 31113 479 59 , , , 31113 479 60 with with IN 31113 479 61 the the DT 31113 479 62 rest rest NN 31113 479 63 of of IN 31113 479 64 the the DT 31113 479 65 company company NN 31113 479 66 , , , 31113 479 67 to to TO 31113 479 68 report report VB 31113 479 69 to to IN 31113 479 70 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 479 71 Harney Harney NNP 31113 479 72 , , , 31113 479 73 who who WP 31113 479 74 was be VBD 31113 479 75 then then RB 31113 479 76 in in IN 31113 479 77 command command NN 31113 479 78 of of IN 31113 479 79 Persifor Persifor NNP 31113 479 80 Smith Smith NNP 31113 479 81 's 's POS 31113 479 82 brigade brigade NN 31113 479 83 , , , 31113 479 84 of of IN 31113 479 85 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 479 86 ' ' POS 31113 479 87 division division NN 31113 479 88 . . . 31113 480 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 480 2 was be VBD 31113 480 3 instructed instruct VBN 31113 480 4 to to TO 31113 480 5 accompany accompany VB 31113 480 6 that that DT 31113 480 7 brigade brigade NN 31113 480 8 when when WRB 31113 480 9 it -PRON- PRP 31113 480 10 moved move VBD 31113 480 11 forward forward RB 31113 480 12 to to TO 31113 480 13 attack attack VB 31113 480 14 the the DT 31113 480 15 enemy enemy NN 31113 480 16 in in IN 31113 480 17 position position NN 31113 480 18 on on IN 31113 480 19 a a DT 31113 480 20 hill hill NN 31113 480 21 immediately immediately RB 31113 480 22 in in IN 31113 480 23 front front NN 31113 480 24 of of IN 31113 480 25 , , , 31113 480 26 and and CC 31113 480 27 higher high JJR 31113 480 28 than than IN 31113 480 29 that that DT 31113 480 30 on on IN 31113 480 31 which which WDT 31113 480 32 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 480 33 battery battery NN 31113 480 34 had have VBD 31113 480 35 been be VBN 31113 480 36 constructed construct VBN 31113 480 37 . . . 31113 481 1 The the DT 31113 481 2 Mexicans Mexicans NNPS 31113 481 3 were be VBD 31113 481 4 in in IN 31113 481 5 strong strong JJ 31113 481 6 force force NN 31113 481 7 on on IN 31113 481 8 the the DT 31113 481 9 higher high JJR 31113 481 10 hill hill NN 31113 481 11 . . . 31113 482 1 From from IN 31113 482 2 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 482 3 lower low JJR 31113 482 4 position position NN 31113 482 5 we -PRON- PRP 31113 482 6 could could MD 31113 482 7 not not RB 31113 482 8 clearly clearly RB 31113 482 9 see see VB 31113 482 10 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 482 11 lines line NNS 31113 482 12 nor nor CC 31113 482 13 determine determine VB 31113 482 14 how how WRB 31113 482 15 they -PRON- PRP 31113 482 16 were be VBD 31113 482 17 fortified fortify VBN 31113 482 18 . . . 31113 483 1 The the DT 31113 483 2 hill hill NN 31113 483 3 they -PRON- PRP 31113 483 4 occupied occupy VBD 31113 483 5 was be VBD 31113 483 6 flat flat JJ 31113 483 7 on on IN 31113 483 8 top top NN 31113 483 9 and and CC 31113 483 10 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 483 11 lines line NNS 31113 483 12 were be VBD 31113 483 13 set set VBN 31113 483 14 back back RB 31113 483 15 from from IN 31113 483 16 the the DT 31113 483 17 crest crest NN 31113 483 18 of of IN 31113 483 19 the the DT 31113 483 20 precipitous precipitous JJ 31113 483 21 slope slope NN 31113 483 22 which which WDT 31113 483 23 faced face VBD 31113 483 24 us -PRON- PRP 31113 483 25 . . . 31113 484 1 The the DT 31113 484 2 storming storm VBG 31113 484 3 brigade brigade NN 31113 484 4 was be VBD 31113 484 5 ordered order VBN 31113 484 6 to to TO 31113 484 7 halt halt VB 31113 484 8 and and CC 31113 484 9 reform reform VB 31113 484 10 just just RB 31113 484 11 before before IN 31113 484 12 reaching reach VBG 31113 484 13 the the DT 31113 484 14 top top NN 31113 484 15 of of IN 31113 484 16 the the DT 31113 484 17 higher high JJR 31113 484 18 hill hill NN 31113 484 19 . . . 31113 485 1 At at IN 31113 485 2 this this DT 31113 485 3 point point NN 31113 485 4 they -PRON- PRP 31113 485 5 were be VBD 31113 485 6 below below IN 31113 485 7 the the DT 31113 485 8 plane plane NN 31113 485 9 of of IN 31113 485 10 the the DT 31113 485 11 enemy enemy NN 31113 485 12 's 's POS 31113 485 13 fire fire NN 31113 485 14 , , , 31113 485 15 and and CC 31113 485 16 were be VBD 31113 485 17 when when WRB 31113 485 18 lying lie VBG 31113 485 19 down down RP 31113 485 20 , , , 31113 485 21 perfectly perfectly RB 31113 485 22 protected protect VBN 31113 485 23 . . . 31113 486 1 In in IN 31113 486 2 this this DT 31113 486 3 position position NN 31113 486 4 they -PRON- PRP 31113 486 5 were be VBD 31113 486 6 ordered order VBN 31113 486 7 to to TO 31113 486 8 rest rest VB 31113 486 9 , , , 31113 486 10 until until IN 31113 486 11 the the DT 31113 486 12 order order NN 31113 486 13 should should MD 31113 486 14 be be VB 31113 486 15 given give VBN 31113 486 16 to to TO 31113 486 17 rise rise VB 31113 486 18 , , , 31113 486 19 charge charge VB 31113 486 20 and and CC 31113 486 21 carry carry VB 31113 486 22 the the DT 31113 486 23 enemy enemy NN 31113 486 24 's 's POS 31113 486 25 works work NNS 31113 486 26 by by IN 31113 486 27 open open JJ 31113 486 28 assault assault NN 31113 486 29 . . . 31113 487 1 When when WRB 31113 487 2 the the DT 31113 487 3 line line NN 31113 487 4 was be VBD 31113 487 5 thus thus RB 31113 487 6 formed form VBN 31113 487 7 , , , 31113 487 8 I -PRON- PRP 31113 487 9 requested request VBD 31113 487 10 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 487 11 Harney Harney NNP 31113 487 12 not not RB 31113 487 13 to to TO 31113 487 14 give give VB 31113 487 15 the the DT 31113 487 16 order order NN 31113 487 17 to to TO 31113 487 18 charge charge VB 31113 487 19 until until IN 31113 487 20 I -PRON- PRP 31113 487 21 could could MD 31113 487 22 go go VB 31113 487 23 on on IN 31113 487 24 the the DT 31113 487 25 plateau plateau NN 31113 487 26 , , , 31113 487 27 get get VB 31113 487 28 a a DT 31113 487 29 clear clear JJ 31113 487 30 view view NN 31113 487 31 of of IN 31113 487 32 the the DT 31113 487 33 enemy enemy NN 31113 487 34 's 's POS 31113 487 35 works work NNS 31113 487 36 , , , 31113 487 37 and and CC 31113 487 38 report report VB 31113 487 39 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 487 40 character character NN 31113 487 41 . . . 31113 488 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 488 2 soon soon RB 31113 488 3 informed inform VBD 31113 488 4 him -PRON- PRP 31113 488 5 that that IN 31113 488 6 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 488 7 main main JJ 31113 488 8 line line NN 31113 488 9 was be VBD 31113 488 10 not not RB 31113 488 11 more more JJR 31113 488 12 than than IN 31113 488 13 forty forty CD 31113 488 14 or or CC 31113 488 15 fifty fifty CD 31113 488 16 yards yard NNS 31113 488 17 from from IN 31113 488 18 where where WRB 31113 488 19 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 488 20 men man NNS 31113 488 21 were be VBD 31113 488 22 then then RB 31113 488 23 lying lie VBG 31113 488 24 , , , 31113 488 25 that that IN 31113 488 26 the the DT 31113 488 27 fortifications fortification NNS 31113 488 28 were be VBD 31113 488 29 very very RB 31113 488 30 incomplete incomplete JJ 31113 488 31 , , , 31113 488 32 offered offer VBD 31113 488 33 no no DT 31113 488 34 effective effective JJ 31113 488 35 obstacle obstacle NN 31113 488 36 , , , 31113 488 37 and and CC 31113 488 38 we -PRON- PRP 31113 488 39 could could MD 31113 488 40 dash dash VB 31113 488 41 over over IN 31113 488 42 the the DT 31113 488 43 works work NNS 31113 488 44 without without IN 31113 488 45 a a DT 31113 488 46 halt halt NN 31113 488 47 . . . 31113 489 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 489 2 then then RB 31113 489 3 ordered order VBD 31113 489 4 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 489 5 men man NNS 31113 489 6 to to TO 31113 489 7 drop drop VB 31113 489 8 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 489 9 tools tool NNS 31113 489 10 and and CC 31113 489 11 use use VB 31113 489 12 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 489 13 muskets musket NNS 31113 489 14 . . . 31113 490 1 Whilst whilst IN 31113 490 2 I -PRON- PRP 31113 490 3 was be VBD 31113 490 4 making make VBG 31113 490 5 this this DT 31113 490 6 report report NN 31113 490 7 to to IN 31113 490 8 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 490 9 Harney Harney NNP 31113 490 10 , , , 31113 490 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 490 12 attention attention NN 31113 490 13 was be VBD 31113 490 14 drawn draw VBN 31113 490 15 to to TO 31113 490 16 quite quite PDT 31113 490 17 a a DT 31113 490 18 sharp sharp JJ 31113 490 19 fire fire NN 31113 490 20 that that WDT 31113 490 21 the the DT 31113 490 22 Mexicans Mexicans NNPS 31113 490 23 had have VBD 31113 490 24 suddenly suddenly RB 31113 490 25 opened open VBN 31113 490 26 from from IN 31113 490 27 a a DT 31113 490 28 point point NN 31113 490 29 close close JJ 31113 490 30 to to IN 31113 490 31 the the DT 31113 490 32 left left JJ 31113 490 33 flank flank NN 31113 490 34 and and CC 31113 490 35 in in IN 31113 490 36 the the DT 31113 490 37 prolongation prolongation NN 31113 490 38 of of IN 31113 490 39 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 490 40 line line NN 31113 490 41 . . . 31113 491 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 491 2 told tell VBD 31113 491 3 him -PRON- PRP 31113 491 4 I -PRON- PRP 31113 491 5 was be VBD 31113 491 6 certain certain JJ 31113 491 7 there there EX 31113 491 8 were be VBD 31113 491 9 no no DT 31113 491 10 fortifications fortification NNS 31113 491 11 in in IN 31113 491 12 that that DT 31113 491 13 position position NN 31113 491 14 ; ; : 31113 491 15 and and CC 31113 491 16 I -PRON- PRP 31113 491 17 had have VBD 31113 491 18 seen see VBN 31113 491 19 no no DT 31113 491 20 troops troop NNS 31113 491 21 there there RB 31113 491 22 . . . 31113 492 1 The the DT 31113 492 2 fire fire NN 31113 492 3 increased increase VBD 31113 492 4 from from IN 31113 492 5 that that DT 31113 492 6 direction direction NN 31113 492 7 , , , 31113 492 8 and and CC 31113 492 9 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 492 10 Harney Harney NNP 31113 492 11 ordered order VBD 31113 492 12 me -PRON- PRP 31113 492 13 to to TO 31113 492 14 proceed proceed VB 31113 492 15 rapidly rapidly RB 31113 492 16 with with IN 31113 492 17 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 492 18 men man NNS 31113 492 19 to to IN 31113 492 20 the the DT 31113 492 21 left left NN 31113 492 22 of of IN 31113 492 23 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 492 24 line line NN 31113 492 25 , , , 31113 492 26 direct direct VB 31113 492 27 two two CD 31113 492 28 companies company NNS 31113 492 29 on on IN 31113 492 30 that that DT 31113 492 31 flank flank NN 31113 492 32 to to TO 31113 492 33 wheel wheel VB 31113 492 34 at at IN 31113 492 35 once once RB 31113 492 36 , , , 31113 492 37 to to IN 31113 492 38 the the DT 31113 492 39 left left NN 31113 492 40 ; ; : 31113 492 41 and and CC 31113 492 42 when when WRB 31113 492 43 he -PRON- PRP 31113 492 44 gave give VBD 31113 492 45 the the DT 31113 492 46 order order NN 31113 492 47 to to TO 31113 492 48 charge charge VB 31113 492 49 , , , 31113 492 50 these these DT 31113 492 51 two two CD 31113 492 52 companies company NNS 31113 492 53 and and CC 31113 492 54 the the DT 31113 492 55 engineers engineer NNS 31113 492 56 would would MD 31113 492 57 move move VB 31113 492 58 to to IN 31113 492 59 the the DT 31113 492 60 left left NN 31113 492 61 against against IN 31113 492 62 the the DT 31113 492 63 force force NN 31113 492 64 that that WDT 31113 492 65 was be VBD 31113 492 66 firing fire VBG 31113 492 67 upon upon IN 31113 492 68 us -PRON- PRP 31113 492 69 from from IN 31113 492 70 that that DT 31113 492 71 side side NN 31113 492 72 . . . 31113 493 1 These these DT 31113 493 2 dispositions disposition NNS 31113 493 3 on on IN 31113 493 4 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 493 5 left left NN 31113 493 6 were be VBD 31113 493 7 made make VBN 31113 493 8 in in IN 31113 493 9 a a DT 31113 493 10 very very RB 31113 493 11 few few JJ 31113 493 12 moments moment NNS 31113 493 13 , , , 31113 493 14 and and CC 31113 493 15 the the DT 31113 493 16 order order NN 31113 493 17 to to TO 31113 493 18 charge charge VB 31113 493 19 was be VBD 31113 493 20 given give VBN 31113 493 21 immediately immediately RB 31113 493 22 thereafter thereafter RB 31113 493 23 . . . 31113 494 1 The the DT 31113 494 2 brigade brigade NN 31113 494 3 sprang spring VBD 31113 494 4 up up RP 31113 494 5 , , , 31113 494 6 dashed dash VBN 31113 494 7 over over IN 31113 494 8 the the DT 31113 494 9 short short JJ 31113 494 10 intervening intervening NN 31113 494 11 space space NN 31113 494 12 , , , 31113 494 13 and and CC 31113 494 14 were be VBD 31113 494 15 almost almost RB 31113 494 16 instantly instantly RB 31113 494 17 inside inside RB 31113 494 18 of of IN 31113 494 19 the the DT 31113 494 20 Mexican mexican JJ 31113 494 21 incomplete incomplete JJ 31113 494 22 works work NNS 31113 494 23 . . . 31113 495 1 After after IN 31113 495 2 a a DT 31113 495 3 short short JJ 31113 495 4 , , , 31113 495 5 but but CC 31113 495 6 bloody bloody JJ 31113 495 7 , , , 31113 495 8 hand hand VB 31113 495 9 to to IN 31113 495 10 hand hand NN 31113 495 11 struggle struggle NN 31113 495 12 , , , 31113 495 13 in in IN 31113 495 14 which which WDT 31113 495 15 bayonets bayonet NNS 31113 495 16 , , , 31113 495 17 swords sword NNS 31113 495 18 , , , 31113 495 19 pistols pistol NNS 31113 495 20 , , , 31113 495 21 and and CC 31113 495 22 butts butts NN 31113 495 23 of of IN 31113 495 24 muskets musket NNS 31113 495 25 were be VBD 31113 495 26 freely freely RB 31113 495 27 used use VBN 31113 495 28 , , , 31113 495 29 the the DT 31113 495 30 Mexicans Mexicans NNPS 31113 495 31 retreated retreat VBD 31113 495 32 in in IN 31113 495 33 great great JJ 31113 495 34 disorder disorder NN 31113 495 35 . . . 31113 496 1 The the DT 31113 496 2 troops troop NNS 31113 496 3 that that WDT 31113 496 4 had have VBD 31113 496 5 been be VBN 31113 496 6 faced face VBN 31113 496 7 to to IN 31113 496 8 the the DT 31113 496 9 left left NN 31113 496 10 just just RB 31113 496 11 before before IN 31113 496 12 the the DT 31113 496 13 order order NN 31113 496 14 to to TO 31113 496 15 charge charge VB 31113 496 16 was be VBD 31113 496 17 given give VBN 31113 496 18 , , , 31113 496 19 immediately immediately RB 31113 496 20 found find VBD 31113 496 21 themselves -PRON- PRP 31113 496 22 in in IN 31113 496 23 the the DT 31113 496 24 midst midst NN 31113 496 25 of of IN 31113 496 26 a a DT 31113 496 27 detachment detachment NN 31113 496 28 of of IN 31113 496 29 Mexicans Mexicans NNPS 31113 496 30 , , , 31113 496 31 in in IN 31113 496 32 a a DT 31113 496 33 nest nest NN 31113 496 34 of of IN 31113 496 35 surface surface NN 31113 496 36 quarry quarry NNP 31113 496 37 holes hole NNS 31113 496 38 which which WDT 31113 496 39 gave give VBD 31113 496 40 them -PRON- PRP 31113 496 41 protection protection NN 31113 496 42 from from IN 31113 496 43 distant distant JJ 31113 496 44 fire fire NN 31113 496 45 and and CC 31113 496 46 effectually effectually RB 31113 496 47 concealed conceal VBD 31113 496 48 them -PRON- PRP 31113 496 49 from from IN 31113 496 50 view view NN 31113 496 51 until until IN 31113 496 52 we -PRON- PRP 31113 496 53 were be VBD 31113 496 54 among among IN 31113 496 55 them -PRON- PRP 31113 496 56 . . . 31113 497 1 The the DT 31113 497 2 struggle struggle NN 31113 497 3 here here RB 31113 497 4 was be VBD 31113 497 5 hand hand NN 31113 497 6 to to IN 31113 497 7 hand hand NN 31113 497 8 , , , 31113 497 9 and and CC 31113 497 10 sharp sharp JJ 31113 497 11 for for IN 31113 497 12 a a DT 31113 497 13 short short JJ 31113 497 14 time time NN 31113 497 15 . . . 31113 498 1 But but CC 31113 498 2 they -PRON- PRP 31113 498 3 were be VBD 31113 498 4 driven drive VBN 31113 498 5 from from IN 31113 498 6 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 498 7 quarry quarry JJ 31113 498 8 holes hole NNS 31113 498 9 , , , 31113 498 10 back back RB 31113 498 11 on on IN 31113 498 12 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 498 13 main main JJ 31113 498 14 line line NN 31113 498 15 which which WDT 31113 498 16 gave give VBD 31113 498 17 way way NN 31113 498 18 , , , 31113 498 19 and and CC 31113 498 20 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 498 21 own own JJ 31113 498 22 guns gun NNS 31113 498 23 were be VBD 31113 498 24 turned turn VBN 31113 498 25 upon upon IN 31113 498 26 them -PRON- PRP 31113 498 27 before before IN 31113 498 28 they -PRON- PRP 31113 498 29 could could MD 31113 498 30 get get VB 31113 498 31 off off IN 31113 498 32 the the DT 31113 498 33 field field NN 31113 498 34 . . . 31113 499 1 Thus thus RB 31113 499 2 , , , 31113 499 3 Persifor Persifor NNP 31113 499 4 Smith Smith NNP 31113 499 5 's 's POS 31113 499 6 brigade brigade NN 31113 499 7 , , , 31113 499 8 under under IN 31113 499 9 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 499 10 Harney Harney NNP 31113 499 11 , , , 31113 499 12 carried carry VBD 31113 499 13 , , , 31113 499 14 and and CC 31113 499 15 held hold VBD 31113 499 16 possession possession NN 31113 499 17 of of IN 31113 499 18 , , , 31113 499 19 the the DT 31113 499 20 key key NN 31113 499 21 - - HYPH 31113 499 22 point point NN 31113 499 23 of of IN 31113 499 24 the the DT 31113 499 25 battlefield battlefield NN 31113 499 26 of of IN 31113 499 27 Cerro Cerro NNP 31113 499 28 Gordo Gordo NNP 31113 499 29 . . . 31113 500 1 After after IN 31113 500 2 the the DT 31113 500 3 battle battle NN 31113 500 4 the the DT 31113 500 5 various various JJ 31113 500 6 details detail NNS 31113 500 7 of of IN 31113 500 8 engineer engineer NN 31113 500 9 soldiers soldier NNS 31113 500 10 joined join VBN 31113 500 11 in in IN 31113 500 12 the the DT 31113 500 13 pursuit pursuit NN 31113 500 14 of of IN 31113 500 15 the the DT 31113 500 16 enemy enemy NN 31113 500 17 , , , 31113 500 18 were be VBD 31113 500 19 collected collect VBN 31113 500 20 together together RB 31113 500 21 at at IN 31113 500 22 Encerro Encerro NNP 31113 500 23 , , , 31113 500 24 and and CC 31113 500 25 the the DT 31113 500 26 company company NN 31113 500 27 remained remain VBD 31113 500 28 with with IN 31113 500 29 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 500 30 division division NN 31113 500 31 until until IN 31113 500 32 it -PRON- PRP 31113 500 33 reached reach VBD 31113 500 34 Jalapa Jalapa NNP 31113 500 35 . . . 31113 501 1 At at IN 31113 501 2 this this DT 31113 501 3 place place NN 31113 501 4 it -PRON- PRP 31113 501 5 was be VBD 31113 501 6 furnished furnish VBN 31113 501 7 by by IN 31113 501 8 the the DT 31113 501 9 Chief Chief NNP 31113 501 10 Quartermaster Quartermaster NNP 31113 501 11 with with IN 31113 501 12 the the DT 31113 501 13 finest fine JJS 31113 501 14 mule mule JJ 31113 501 15 teams team NNS 31113 501 16 in in IN 31113 501 17 the the DT 31113 501 18 army army NN 31113 501 19 . . . 31113 502 1 This this DT 31113 502 2 gave give VBD 31113 502 3 great great JJ 31113 502 4 satisfaction satisfaction NN 31113 502 5 to to IN 31113 502 6 the the DT 31113 502 7 men man NNS 31113 502 8 who who WP 31113 502 9 had have VBD 31113 502 10 struggled struggle VBN 31113 502 11 so so RB 31113 502 12 hard hard RB 31113 502 13 to to TO 31113 502 14 get get VB 31113 502 15 the the DT 31113 502 16 engineer engineer NN 31113 502 17 train train NN 31113 502 18 forward forward RB 31113 502 19 , , , 31113 502 20 through through IN 31113 502 21 deep deep JJ 31113 502 22 sand sand NN 31113 502 23 , , , 31113 502 24 from from IN 31113 502 25 Vera Vera NNP 31113 502 26 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 502 27 . . . 31113 503 1 To to TO 31113 503 2 add add VB 31113 503 3 to to IN 31113 503 4 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 503 5 elation elation NN 31113 503 6 , , , 31113 503 7 they -PRON- PRP 31113 503 8 had have VBD 31113 503 9 now now RB 31113 503 10 left leave VBN 31113 503 11 the the DT 31113 503 12 " " `` 31113 503 13 hot hot JJ 31113 503 14 lands land NNS 31113 503 15 " " '' 31113 503 16 of of IN 31113 503 17 the the DT 31113 503 18 coast coast NN 31113 503 19 behind behind IN 31113 503 20 them -PRON- PRP 31113 503 21 , , , 31113 503 22 had have VBD 31113 503 23 reached reach VBN 31113 503 24 a a DT 31113 503 25 temperate temperate NN 31113 503 26 climate climate NN 31113 503 27 , , , 31113 503 28 4,000 4,000 CD 31113 503 29 feet foot NNS 31113 503 30 above above IN 31113 503 31 the the DT 31113 503 32 level level NN 31113 503 33 of of IN 31113 503 34 the the DT 31113 503 35 sea sea NN 31113 503 36 , , , 31113 503 37 had have VBD 31113 503 38 escaped escape VBN 31113 503 39 the the DT 31113 503 40 dread dread NN 31113 503 41 _ _ NNP 31113 503 42 vomito vomito NNP 31113 503 43 _ _ NNP 31113 503 44 of of IN 31113 503 45 Vera Vera NNP 31113 503 46 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 503 47 , , , 31113 503 48 and and CC 31113 503 49 had have VBD 31113 503 50 participated participate VBN 31113 503 51 closely closely RB 31113 503 52 in in IN 31113 503 53 the the DT 31113 503 54 great great JJ 31113 503 55 victory victory NN 31113 503 56 gained gain VBN 31113 503 57 by by IN 31113 503 58 Scott Scott NNP 31113 503 59 's 's POS 31113 503 60 army army NN 31113 503 61 at at IN 31113 503 62 Cerro Cerro NNP 31113 503 63 Gordo Gordo NNP 31113 503 64 . . . 31113 504 1 From from IN 31113 504 2 Jalapa Jalapa NNP 31113 504 3 , , , 31113 504 4 Worth Worth NNP 31113 504 5 's 's POS 31113 504 6 division division NN 31113 504 7 led lead VBD 31113 504 8 the the DT 31113 504 9 way way NN 31113 504 10 , , , 31113 504 11 the the DT 31113 504 12 engineer engineer NN 31113 504 13 company company NN 31113 504 14 at at IN 31113 504 15 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 504 16 head head NN 31113 504 17 . . . 31113 505 1 During during IN 31113 505 2 the the DT 31113 505 3 halt halt NN 31113 505 4 of of IN 31113 505 5 a a DT 31113 505 6 few few JJ 31113 505 7 days day NNS 31113 505 8 , , , 31113 505 9 at at IN 31113 505 10 Perote Perote NNP 31113 505 11 , , , 31113 505 12 I -PRON- PRP 31113 505 13 procured procure VBD 31113 505 14 the the DT 31113 505 15 transfer transfer NN 31113 505 16 of of IN 31113 505 17 First First NNP 31113 505 18 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 505 19 David David NNP 31113 505 20 H. H. NNP 31113 505 21 Hastings Hastings NNP 31113 505 22 , , , 31113 505 23 from from IN 31113 505 24 the the DT 31113 505 25 Third Third NNP 31113 505 26 Artillery Artillery NNP 31113 505 27 to to IN 31113 505 28 the the DT 31113 505 29 engineer engineer NN 31113 505 30 company company NN 31113 505 31 . . . 31113 506 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 506 2 was be VBD 31113 506 3 considered consider VBN 31113 506 4 one one CD 31113 506 5 of of IN 31113 506 6 the the DT 31113 506 7 best good JJS 31113 506 8 sergeants sergeant NNS 31113 506 9 in in IN 31113 506 10 the the DT 31113 506 11 army army NN 31113 506 12 , , , 31113 506 13 and and CC 31113 506 14 was be VBD 31113 506 15 at at IN 31113 506 16 once once RB 31113 506 17 , , , 31113 506 18 made make VBN 31113 506 19 first first JJ 31113 506 20 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 506 21 of of IN 31113 506 22 the the DT 31113 506 23 engineer engineer NN 31113 506 24 company company NN 31113 506 25 . . . 31113 507 1 Previous previous JJ 31113 507 2 to to IN 31113 507 3 that that DT 31113 507 4 time time NN 31113 507 5 we -PRON- PRP 31113 507 6 had have VBD 31113 507 7 only only RB 31113 507 8 an an DT 31113 507 9 acting act VBG 31113 507 10 first first JJ 31113 507 11 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 507 12 . . . 31113 508 1 The the DT 31113 508 2 company company NN 31113 508 3 entered enter VBD 31113 508 4 Puebla Puebla NNP 31113 508 5 with with IN 31113 508 6 Worth Worth NNP 31113 508 7 's 's POS 31113 508 8 division division NN 31113 508 9 , , , 31113 508 10 and and CC 31113 508 11 on on IN 31113 508 12 the the DT 31113 508 13 arrival arrival NN 31113 508 14 of of IN 31113 508 15 General General NNP 31113 508 16 Scott Scott NNP 31113 508 17 at at IN 31113 508 18 that that DT 31113 508 19 place place NN 31113 508 20 we -PRON- PRP 31113 508 21 were be VBD 31113 508 22 again again RB 31113 508 23 ordered order VBN 31113 508 24 to to TO 31113 508 25 report report VB 31113 508 26 to to IN 31113 508 27 general general JJ 31113 508 28 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 508 29 . . . 31113 509 1 During during IN 31113 509 2 the the DT 31113 509 3 three three CD 31113 509 4 months month NNS 31113 509 5 delay delay NN 31113 509 6 of of IN 31113 509 7 the the DT 31113 509 8 army army NN 31113 509 9 , , , 31113 509 10 at at IN 31113 509 11 Puebla Puebla NNP 31113 509 12 , , , 31113 509 13 awaiting await VBG 31113 509 14 reinforcements reinforcement NNS 31113 509 15 before before IN 31113 509 16 moving move VBG 31113 509 17 into into IN 31113 509 18 the the DT 31113 509 19 valley valley NN 31113 509 20 of of IN 31113 509 21 Mexico Mexico NNP 31113 509 22 , , , 31113 509 23 the the DT 31113 509 24 regular regular JJ 31113 509 25 instruction instruction NN 31113 509 26 of of IN 31113 509 27 the the DT 31113 509 28 company company NN 31113 509 29 -- -- : 31113 509 30 both both DT 31113 509 31 as as IN 31113 509 32 infantry infantry NN 31113 509 33 and and CC 31113 509 34 as as IN 31113 509 35 engineer engineer NN 31113 509 36 soldiers soldier NNS 31113 509 37 -- -- : 31113 509 38 was be VBD 31113 509 39 resumed resume VBN 31113 509 40 . . . 31113 510 1 Besides besides IN 31113 510 2 the the DT 31113 510 3 " " `` 31113 510 4 School School NNP 31113 510 5 of of IN 31113 510 6 the the DT 31113 510 7 Sapper Sapper NNP 31113 510 8 " " '' 31113 510 9 as as IN 31113 510 10 taught teach VBD 31113 510 11 them -PRON- PRP 31113 510 12 before before IN 31113 510 13 they -PRON- PRP 31113 510 14 left leave VBD 31113 510 15 the the DT 31113 510 16 United United NNP 31113 510 17 States States NNP 31113 510 18 , , , 31113 510 19 the the DT 31113 510 20 men man NNS 31113 510 21 were be VBD 31113 510 22 now now RB 31113 510 23 instructed instruct VBN 31113 510 24 , , , 31113 510 25 theoretically theoretically RB 31113 510 26 and and CC 31113 510 27 practically practically RB 31113 510 28 , , , 31113 510 29 in in IN 31113 510 30 the the DT 31113 510 31 " " `` 31113 510 32 School School NNP 31113 510 33 of of IN 31113 510 34 the the DT 31113 510 35 Miner Miner NNP 31113 510 36 " " '' 31113 510 37 . . . 31113 511 1 They -PRON- PRP 31113 511 2 were be VBD 31113 511 3 engaged engage VBN 31113 511 4 too too RB 31113 511 5 in in IN 31113 511 6 work work NN 31113 511 7 upon upon IN 31113 511 8 the the DT 31113 511 9 fortifications fortification NNS 31113 511 10 of of IN 31113 511 11 Puebla Puebla NNP 31113 511 12 ; ; : 31113 511 13 and and CC 31113 511 14 had have VBD 31113 511 15 practice practice NN 31113 511 16 in in IN 31113 511 17 loop loop NN 31113 511 18 - - HYPH 31113 511 19 holing hole VBG 31113 511 20 walls wall NNS 31113 511 21 , , , 31113 511 22 and and CC 31113 511 23 received receive VBD 31113 511 24 instruction instruction NN 31113 511 25 for for IN 31113 511 26 placing place VBG 31113 511 27 towns town NNS 31113 511 28 , , , 31113 511 29 villages village NNS 31113 511 30 , , , 31113 511 31 etc etc FW 31113 511 32 . . . 31113 512 1 in in IN 31113 512 2 a a DT 31113 512 3 state state NN 31113 512 4 of of IN 31113 512 5 defense defense NN 31113 512 6 . . . 31113 513 1 Whilst whilst IN 31113 513 2 at at IN 31113 513 3 Puebla Puebla NNP 31113 513 4 the the DT 31113 513 5 company company NN 31113 513 6 received receive VBD 31113 513 7 the the DT 31113 513 8 sad sad JJ 31113 513 9 news news NN 31113 513 10 of of IN 31113 513 11 the the DT 31113 513 12 death death NN 31113 513 13 of of IN 31113 513 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 513 15 Captain captain NN 31113 513 16 . . . 31113 514 1 General General NNP 31113 514 2 Scott Scott NNP 31113 514 3 , , , 31113 514 4 in in IN 31113 514 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 514 6 official official JJ 31113 514 7 report report NN 31113 514 8 of of IN 31113 514 9 the the DT 31113 514 10 battle battle NN 31113 514 11 of of IN 31113 514 12 Cerro Cerro NNP 31113 514 13 Gordo Gordo NNP 31113 514 14 , , , 31113 514 15 says say VBZ 31113 514 16 ; ; : 31113 514 17 " " `` 31113 514 18 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 514 19 G. G. NNP 31113 514 20 W. W. NNP 31113 514 21 Smith Smith NNP 31113 514 22 led lead VBD 31113 514 23 the the DT 31113 514 24 engineer engineer NN 31113 514 25 company company NN 31113 514 26 as as IN 31113 514 27 part part NN 31113 514 28 of of IN 31113 514 29 the the DT 31113 514 30 storming storm VBG 31113 514 31 force force NN 31113 514 32 [ [ -LRB- 31113 514 33 under under IN 31113 514 34 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 514 35 Harney Harney NNP 31113 514 36 ] ] -RRB- 31113 514 37 , , , 31113 514 38 and and CC 31113 514 39 is be VBZ 31113 514 40 noticed notice VBN 31113 514 41 with with IN 31113 514 42 distinction distinction NN 31113 514 43 " " '' 31113 514 44 . . . 31113 515 1 ( ( -LRB- 31113 515 2 Ex Ex NNP 31113 515 3 . . . 31113 516 1 Doc doc UH 31113 516 2 . . . 31113 517 1 No no UH 31113 517 2 . . . 31113 518 1 1 1 CD 31113 518 2 , , , 31113 518 3 p. p. NN 31113 518 4 263 263 CD 31113 518 5 ) ) -RRB- 31113 518 6 . . . 31113 519 1 General General NNP 31113 519 2 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 519 3 , , , 31113 519 4 in in IN 31113 519 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 519 6 official official JJ 31113 519 7 report report NN 31113 519 8 of of IN 31113 519 9 the the DT 31113 519 10 same same JJ 31113 519 11 battle battle NN 31113 519 12 , , , 31113 519 13 states state VBZ 31113 519 14 : : : 31113 519 15 " " `` 31113 519 16 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 519 17 G. G. NNP 31113 519 18 W. W. NNP 31113 519 19 Smith Smith NNP 31113 519 20 , , , 31113 519 21 of of IN 31113 519 22 the the DT 31113 519 23 engineers engineer NNS 31113 519 24 , , , 31113 519 25 with with IN 31113 519 26 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 519 27 company company NN 31113 519 28 of of IN 31113 519 29 Sappers Sappers NNPS 31113 519 30 and and CC 31113 519 31 Miners Miners NNP 31113 519 32 , , , 31113 519 33 joined join VBD 31113 519 34 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 519 35 Harney Harney NNP 31113 519 36 's 's POS 31113 519 37 command command NN 31113 519 38 in in IN 31113 519 39 the the DT 31113 519 40 assault assault NN 31113 519 41 on on IN 31113 519 42 the the DT 31113 519 43 enemy enemy NN 31113 519 44 's 's POS 31113 519 45 main main JJ 31113 519 46 work work NN 31113 519 47 , , , 31113 519 48 and and CC 31113 519 49 killed kill VBD 31113 519 50 two two CD 31113 519 51 men man NNS 31113 519 52 with with IN 31113 519 53 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 519 54 own own JJ 31113 519 55 hand hand NN 31113 519 56 " " '' 31113 519 57 . . . 31113 520 1 ( ( -LRB- 31113 520 2 Ex Ex NNP 31113 520 3 . . . 31113 521 1 Doc doc UH 31113 521 2 . . . 31113 522 1 No no UH 31113 522 2 . . . 31113 523 1 1 1 CD 31113 523 2 , , , 31113 523 3 p. p. NN 31113 523 4 278 278 CD 31113 523 5 ) ) -RRB- 31113 523 6 . . . 31113 524 1 In in IN 31113 524 2 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 524 3 Harney Harney NNP 31113 524 4 's 's POS 31113 524 5 official official JJ 31113 524 6 report report NN 31113 524 7 of of IN 31113 524 8 this this DT 31113 524 9 battle battle NN 31113 524 10 it -PRON- PRP 31113 524 11 is be VBZ 31113 524 12 stated state VBN 31113 524 13 : : : 31113 524 14 " " `` 31113 524 15 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 524 16 G. G. NNP 31113 524 17 W. W. NNP 31113 524 18 Smith Smith NNP 31113 524 19 , , , 31113 524 20 of of IN 31113 524 21 the the DT 31113 524 22 engineers engineer NNS 31113 524 23 , , , 31113 524 24 with with IN 31113 524 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 524 26 company company NN 31113 524 27 , , , 31113 524 28 rendered render VBN 31113 524 29 very very RB 31113 524 30 efficient efficient JJ 31113 524 31 service service NN 31113 524 32 in in IN 31113 524 33 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 524 34 own own JJ 31113 524 35 department department NN 31113 524 36 , , , 31113 524 37 as as RB 31113 524 38 well well RB 31113 524 39 as as IN 31113 524 40 in in IN 31113 524 41 the the DT 31113 524 42 storming storming NN 31113 524 43 of of IN 31113 524 44 the the DT 31113 524 45 fort fort NN 31113 524 46 " " '' 31113 524 47 . . . 31113 525 1 ( ( -LRB- 31113 525 2 Ex Ex NNP 31113 525 3 . . . 31113 526 1 Doc doc UH 31113 526 2 . . . 31113 527 1 No no UH 31113 527 2 . . . 31113 528 1 1 1 CD 31113 528 2 , , , 31113 528 3 p. p. NN 31113 528 4 281 281 CD 31113 528 5 ) ) -RRB- 31113 528 6 . . . 31113 529 1 FOOTNOTES footnote NNS 31113 529 2 : : : 31113 529 3 [ [ -LRB- 31113 529 4 3 3 LS 31113 529 5 ] ] -RRB- 31113 529 6 Taken take VBN 31113 529 7 from from IN 31113 529 8 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 529 9 official official JJ 31113 529 10 report report NN 31113 529 11 for for IN 31113 529 12 the the DT 31113 529 13 month month NN 31113 529 14 of of IN 31113 529 15 April April NNP 31113 529 16 , , , 31113 529 17 1847 1847 CD 31113 529 18 . . . 31113 530 1 G. G. NNP 31113 530 2 W. W. NNP 31113 530 3 S. S. NNP 31113 530 4 [ [ -LRB- 31113 530 5 4 4 CD 31113 530 6 ] ] -RRB- 31113 530 7 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 530 8 Joseph Joseph NNP 31113 530 9 G. G. NNP 31113 530 10 Totten Totten NNP 31113 530 11 . . . 31113 531 1 Chief Chief NNP 31113 531 2 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 531 3 , , , 31113 531 4 had have VBD 31113 531 5 left leave VBN 31113 531 6 Vera Vera NNP 31113 531 7 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 531 8 and and CC 31113 531 9 returned return VBD 31113 531 10 to to IN 31113 531 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 531 12 duties duty NNS 31113 531 13 in in IN 31113 531 14 Washington Washington NNP 31113 531 15 City City NNP 31113 531 16 . . . 31113 532 1 Major Major NNP 31113 532 2 John John NNP 31113 532 3 L. L. NNP 31113 532 4 Smith Smith NNP 31113 532 5 then then RB 31113 532 6 became become VBD 31113 532 7 Senior Senior NNP 31113 532 8 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 532 9 with with IN 31113 532 10 General General NNP 31113 532 11 Scott Scott NNP 31113 532 12 's 's POS 31113 532 13 forces force NNS 31113 532 14 . . . 31113 533 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER NNP 31113 533 2 IV IV NNP 31113 533 3 . . . 31113 534 1 FROM from IN 31113 534 2 PUEBLA puebla NN 31113 534 3 TO to IN 31113 534 4 CHURUBUSCO CHURUBUSCO NNP 31113 534 5 . . . 31113 535 1 On on IN 31113 535 2 the the DT 31113 535 3 7th 7th NN 31113 535 4 of of IN 31113 535 5 August August NNP 31113 535 6 , , , 31113 535 7 1847 1847 CD 31113 535 8 , , , 31113 535 9 the the DT 31113 535 10 advance advance NN 31113 535 11 of of IN 31113 535 12 General General NNP 31113 535 13 Scott Scott NNP 31113 535 14 's 's POS 31113 535 15 army army NN 31113 535 16 , , , 31113 535 17 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 535 18 ' ' POS 31113 535 19 division division NN 31113 535 20 , , , 31113 535 21 the the DT 31113 535 22 engineer engineer NN 31113 535 23 company company NN 31113 535 24 leading lead VBG 31113 535 25 , , , 31113 535 26 left leave VBD 31113 535 27 Puebla Puebla NNP 31113 535 28 and and CC 31113 535 29 commenced commence VBD 31113 535 30 the the DT 31113 535 31 forward forward JJ 31113 535 32 movement movement NN 31113 535 33 into into IN 31113 535 34 the the DT 31113 535 35 valley valley NN 31113 535 36 of of IN 31113 535 37 Mexico Mexico NNP 31113 535 38 . . . 31113 536 1 The the DT 31113 536 2 company company NN 31113 536 3 served serve VBD 31113 536 4 with with IN 31113 536 5 that that DT 31113 536 6 division division NN 31113 536 7 , , , 31113 536 8 until until IN 31113 536 9 Worth Worth NNP 31113 536 10 's 's POS 31113 536 11 division division NN 31113 536 12 was be VBD 31113 536 13 placed place VBN 31113 536 14 in in IN 31113 536 15 the the DT 31113 536 16 lead lead NN 31113 536 17 during during IN 31113 536 18 the the DT 31113 536 19 turning turn VBG 31113 536 20 movement movement NN 31113 536 21 made make VBN 31113 536 22 by by IN 31113 536 23 the the DT 31113 536 24 army army NN 31113 536 25 around around IN 31113 536 26 Lake Lake NNP 31113 536 27 Chalco Chalco NNP 31113 536 28 . . . 31113 537 1 In in IN 31113 537 2 that that DT 31113 537 3 movement movement NN 31113 537 4 the the DT 31113 537 5 engineer engineer NN 31113 537 6 company company NN 31113 537 7 was be VBD 31113 537 8 at at IN 31113 537 9 the the DT 31113 537 10 head head NN 31113 537 11 of of IN 31113 537 12 Worth Worth NNP 31113 537 13 's 's POS 31113 537 14 division division NN 31113 537 15 . . . 31113 538 1 The the DT 31113 538 2 road road NN 31113 538 3 ran run VBD 31113 538 4 between between IN 31113 538 5 the the DT 31113 538 6 western western JJ 31113 538 7 border border NN 31113 538 8 of of IN 31113 538 9 the the DT 31113 538 10 lake lake NN 31113 538 11 and and CC 31113 538 12 a a DT 31113 538 13 high high JJ 31113 538 14 range range NN 31113 538 15 of of IN 31113 538 16 hills hill NNS 31113 538 17 which which WDT 31113 538 18 , , , 31113 538 19 in in IN 31113 538 20 some some DT 31113 538 21 places place NNS 31113 538 22 , , , 31113 538 23 rose rise VBD 31113 538 24 from from IN 31113 538 25 the the DT 31113 538 26 water water NN 31113 538 27 's 's POS 31113 538 28 edge edge NN 31113 538 29 . . . 31113 539 1 The the DT 31113 539 2 road road NN 31113 539 3 was be VBD 31113 539 4 narrow narrow JJ 31113 539 5 and and CC 31113 539 6 rough rough JJ 31113 539 7 ; ; : 31113 539 8 and and CC 31113 539 9 had have VBD 31113 539 10 been be VBN 31113 539 11 obstructed obstruct VBN 31113 539 12 by by IN 31113 539 13 rolling roll VBG 31113 539 14 immense immense JJ 31113 539 15 masses masse NNS 31113 539 16 of of IN 31113 539 17 stone stone NN 31113 539 18 upon upon IN 31113 539 19 it -PRON- PRP 31113 539 20 from from IN 31113 539 21 the the DT 31113 539 22 almost almost RB 31113 539 23 overhanging overhanging JJ 31113 539 24 cliffs cliff NNS 31113 539 25 . . . 31113 540 1 These these DT 31113 540 2 obstructions obstruction NNS 31113 540 3 were be VBD 31113 540 4 of of IN 31113 540 5 considerable considerable JJ 31113 540 6 height height NN 31113 540 7 ; ; : 31113 540 8 they -PRON- PRP 31113 540 9 completely completely RB 31113 540 10 blocked block VBD 31113 540 11 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 540 12 way way NN 31113 540 13 ; ; : 31113 540 14 and and CC 31113 540 15 at at IN 31113 540 16 several several JJ 31113 540 17 points point NNS 31113 540 18 ditches ditch NNS 31113 540 19 had have VBD 31113 540 20 been be VBN 31113 540 21 cut cut VBN 31113 540 22 across across IN 31113 540 23 the the DT 31113 540 24 road road NN 31113 540 25 . . . 31113 541 1 General General NNP 31113 541 2 Worth Worth NNP 31113 541 3 directed direct VBD 31113 541 4 the the DT 31113 541 5 Light Light NNP 31113 541 6 Battalion Battalion NNP 31113 541 7 , , , 31113 541 8 under under IN 31113 541 9 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 541 10 C. C. NNP 31113 541 11 F. F. NNP 31113 541 12 Smith Smith NNP 31113 541 13 , , , 31113 541 14 to to TO 31113 541 15 advance advance VB 31113 541 16 and and CC 31113 541 17 drive drive VB 31113 541 18 off off RP 31113 541 19 the the DT 31113 541 20 Mexicans Mexicans NNPS 31113 541 21 who who WP 31113 541 22 were be VBD 31113 541 23 firing fire VBG 31113 541 24 upon upon IN 31113 541 25 us -PRON- PRP 31113 541 26 -- -- : 31113 541 27 ordered order VBD 31113 541 28 me -PRON- PRP 31113 541 29 to to TO 31113 541 30 make make VB 31113 541 31 the the DT 31113 541 32 road road NN 31113 541 33 passable passable JJ 31113 541 34 for for IN 31113 541 35 artillery artillery NN 31113 541 36 and and CC 31113 541 37 wagons wagon NNS 31113 541 38 as as RB 31113 541 39 soon soon RB 31113 541 40 as as IN 31113 541 41 possible possible JJ 31113 541 42 -- -- : 31113 541 43 and and CC 31113 541 44 notified notify VBD 31113 541 45 me -PRON- PRP 31113 541 46 that that IN 31113 541 47 the the DT 31113 541 48 leading lead VBG 31113 541 49 brigade brigade NN 31113 541 50 would would MD 31113 541 51 assist assist VB 31113 541 52 in in IN 31113 541 53 that that DT 31113 541 54 work work NN 31113 541 55 when when WRB 31113 541 56 called call VBN 31113 541 57 upon upon IN 31113 541 58 . . . 31113 542 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 542 2 immediately immediately RB 31113 542 3 asked ask VBD 31113 542 4 for for IN 31113 542 5 a a DT 31113 542 6 detail detail NN 31113 542 7 of of IN 31113 542 8 500 500 CD 31113 542 9 men man NNS 31113 542 10 ; ; : 31113 542 11 put put VB 31113 542 12 them -PRON- PRP 31113 542 13 to to TO 31113 542 14 work work VB 31113 542 15 , , , 31113 542 16 at at IN 31113 542 17 once once RB 31113 542 18 , , , 31113 542 19 under under IN 31113 542 20 the the DT 31113 542 21 direction direction NN 31113 542 22 of of IN 31113 542 23 the the DT 31113 542 24 officers officer NNS 31113 542 25 and and CC 31113 542 26 men man NNS 31113 542 27 of of IN 31113 542 28 the the DT 31113 542 29 engineer engineer NN 31113 542 30 company company NN 31113 542 31 , , , 31113 542 32 and and CC 31113 542 33 everything everything NN 31113 542 34 was be VBD 31113 542 35 progressing progress VBG 31113 542 36 rapidly rapidly RB 31113 542 37 , , , 31113 542 38 when when WRB 31113 542 39 , , , 31113 542 40 to to IN 31113 542 41 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 542 42 surprise surprise NN 31113 542 43 , , , 31113 542 44 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 542 45 J. J. NNP 31113 542 46 C. C. NNP 31113 542 47 Pemberton Pemberton NNP 31113 542 48 , , , 31113 542 49 aide aide NN 31113 542 50 to to IN 31113 542 51 General General NNP 31113 542 52 Worth Worth NNP 31113 542 53 , , , 31113 542 54 came come VBD 31113 542 55 up up RP 31113 542 56 to to IN 31113 542 57 me -PRON- PRP 31113 542 58 and and CC 31113 542 59 insisted insist VBD 31113 542 60 that that IN 31113 542 61 the the DT 31113 542 62 whole whole JJ 31113 542 63 character character NN 31113 542 64 of of IN 31113 542 65 the the DT 31113 542 66 operations operation NNS 31113 542 67 should should MD 31113 542 68 be be VB 31113 542 69 changed change VBN 31113 542 70 . . . 31113 543 1 Whilst whilst IN 31113 543 2 he -PRON- PRP 31113 543 3 was be VBD 31113 543 4 elaborating elaborate VBG 31113 543 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 543 6 views view NNS 31113 543 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 543 8 cut cut VBD 31113 543 9 him -PRON- PRP 31113 543 10 short short RB 31113 543 11 by by IN 31113 543 12 asking ask VBG 31113 543 13 if if IN 31113 543 14 he -PRON- PRP 31113 543 15 had have VBD 31113 543 16 any any DT 31113 543 17 orders order NNS 31113 543 18 for for IN 31113 543 19 me -PRON- PRP 31113 543 20 from from IN 31113 543 21 General General NNP 31113 543 22 Worth Worth NNP 31113 543 23 . . . 31113 544 1 In in IN 31113 544 2 the the DT 31113 544 3 meanwhile meanwhile RB 31113 544 4 the the DT 31113 544 5 latter latter JJ 31113 544 6 had have VBD 31113 544 7 reached reach VBN 31113 544 8 the the DT 31113 544 9 front front NN 31113 544 10 , , , 31113 544 11 without without IN 31113 544 12 either either DT 31113 544 13 Pemberton Pemberton NNP 31113 544 14 or or CC 31113 544 15 I -PRON- PRP 31113 544 16 being be VBG 31113 544 17 aware aware JJ 31113 544 18 of of IN 31113 544 19 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 544 20 presence presence NN 31113 544 21 . . . 31113 545 1 Before before IN 31113 545 2 the the DT 31113 545 3 aide aide NN 31113 545 4 had have VBD 31113 545 5 time time NN 31113 545 6 to to TO 31113 545 7 reply reply VB 31113 545 8 to to IN 31113 545 9 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 545 10 question question NN 31113 545 11 , , , 31113 545 12 General General NNP 31113 545 13 Worth Worth NNP 31113 545 14 , , , 31113 545 15 in in IN 31113 545 16 a a DT 31113 545 17 very very RB 31113 545 18 peremptory peremptory JJ 31113 545 19 tone tone NN 31113 545 20 called call VBD 31113 545 21 out out RP 31113 545 22 " " `` 31113 545 23 Come come VB 31113 545 24 away away RB 31113 545 25 from from IN 31113 545 26 there there RB 31113 545 27 Mr. Mr. NNP 31113 545 28 Pemberton Pemberton NNP 31113 545 29 , , , 31113 545 30 and and CC 31113 545 31 let let VBD 31113 545 32 Mr. Mr. NNP 31113 545 33 Smith Smith NNP 31113 545 34 alone alone RB 31113 545 35 . . . 31113 546 1 This this DT 31113 546 2 is be VBZ 31113 546 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 546 4 business business NN 31113 546 5 -- -- : 31113 546 6 not not RB 31113 546 7 yours yours PRP$ 31113 546 8 " " '' 31113 546 9 . . . 31113 547 1 In in IN 31113 547 2 a a DT 31113 547 3 few few JJ 31113 547 4 hours hour NNS 31113 547 5 , , , 31113 547 6 the the DT 31113 547 7 road road NN 31113 547 8 was be VBD 31113 547 9 put put VBN 31113 547 10 in in IN 31113 547 11 such such JJ 31113 547 12 condition condition NN 31113 547 13 that that IN 31113 547 14 , , , 31113 547 15 by by IN 31113 547 16 the the DT 31113 547 17 use use NN 31113 547 18 of of IN 31113 547 19 drag drag NN 31113 547 20 - - HYPH 31113 547 21 ropes rope NNS 31113 547 22 and and CC 31113 547 23 men man NNS 31113 547 24 at at IN 31113 547 25 the the DT 31113 547 26 wheels wheel NNS 31113 547 27 , , , 31113 547 28 we -PRON- PRP 31113 547 29 were be VBD 31113 547 30 enabled enable VBN 31113 547 31 to to TO 31113 547 32 pass pass VB 31113 547 33 artillery artillery NN 31113 547 34 and and CC 31113 547 35 wagons wagon NNS 31113 547 36 over over IN 31113 547 37 the the DT 31113 547 38 obstructions obstruction NNS 31113 547 39 ; ; : 31113 547 40 and and CC 31113 547 41 the the DT 31113 547 42 column column NN 31113 547 43 moved move VBD 31113 547 44 on on RB 31113 547 45 without without IN 31113 547 46 further further JJ 31113 547 47 material material NN 31113 547 48 delay delay NN 31113 547 49 . . . 31113 548 1 After after IN 31113 548 2 reaching reach VBG 31113 548 3 San San NNP 31113 548 4 Augustine Augustine NNP 31113 548 5 , , , 31113 548 6 and and CC 31113 548 7 passing pass VBG 31113 548 8 beyond beyond RB 31113 548 9 , , , 31113 548 10 the the DT 31113 548 11 forward forward JJ 31113 548 12 movement movement NN 31113 548 13 , , , 31113 548 14 now now RB 31113 548 15 on on IN 31113 548 16 the the DT 31113 548 17 main main JJ 31113 548 18 road road NN 31113 548 19 , , , 31113 548 20 or or CC 31113 548 21 causeway causeway NN 31113 548 22 , , , 31113 548 23 leading lead VBG 31113 548 24 from from IN 31113 548 25 Acapulco Acapulco NNP 31113 548 26 to to IN 31113 548 27 the the DT 31113 548 28 city city NN 31113 548 29 of of IN 31113 548 30 Mexico Mexico NNP 31113 548 31 , , , 31113 548 32 was be VBD 31113 548 33 checked check VBN 31113 548 34 by by IN 31113 548 35 fortifications fortification NNS 31113 548 36 about about IN 31113 548 37 six six CD 31113 548 38 hundred hundred CD 31113 548 39 yards yard NNS 31113 548 40 in in IN 31113 548 41 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 548 42 front front NN 31113 548 43 . . . 31113 549 1 These these DT 31113 549 2 fortifications fortification NNS 31113 549 3 crossed cross VBD 31113 549 4 the the DT 31113 549 5 road road NN 31113 549 6 at at IN 31113 549 7 San San NNP 31113 549 8 Antonio Antonio NNP 31113 549 9 , , , 31113 549 10 and and CC 31113 549 11 were be VBD 31113 549 12 occupied occupy VBN 31113 549 13 by by IN 31113 549 14 the the DT 31113 549 15 enemy enemy NN 31113 549 16 in in IN 31113 549 17 large large JJ 31113 549 18 force force NN 31113 549 19 . . . 31113 550 1 The the DT 31113 550 2 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 550 3 of of IN 31113 550 4 the the DT 31113 550 5 18th 18th NN 31113 550 6 of of IN 31113 550 7 August August NNP 31113 550 8 , , , 31113 550 9 was be VBD 31113 550 10 spent spend VBN 31113 550 11 in in IN 31113 550 12 reconnoitring reconnoitre VBG 31113 550 13 that that DT 31113 550 14 position position NN 31113 550 15 . . . 31113 551 1 About about RB 31113 551 2 3 3 CD 31113 551 3 A. a. NN 31113 551 4 M. M. NNP 31113 551 5 , , , 31113 551 6 on on IN 31113 551 7 the the DT 31113 551 8 19th 19th NN 31113 551 9 , , , 31113 551 10 I -PRON- PRP 31113 551 11 received receive VBD 31113 551 12 an an DT 31113 551 13 order order NN 31113 551 14 to to TO 31113 551 15 return return VB 31113 551 16 to to IN 31113 551 17 San San NNP 31113 551 18 Augustine Augustine NNP 31113 551 19 with with IN 31113 551 20 the the DT 31113 551 21 engineer engineer NN 31113 551 22 company company NN 31113 551 23 and and CC 31113 551 24 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 551 25 train train NN 31113 551 26 . . . 31113 552 1 In in IN 31113 552 2 making make VBG 31113 552 3 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 552 4 way way NN 31113 552 5 from from IN 31113 552 6 the the DT 31113 552 7 head head NN 31113 552 8 of of IN 31113 552 9 Worth Worth NNP 31113 552 10 's 's POS 31113 552 11 division division NN 31113 552 12 , , , 31113 552 13 along along IN 31113 552 14 the the DT 31113 552 15 main main JJ 31113 552 16 road road NN 31113 552 17 , , , 31113 552 18 towards towards IN 31113 552 19 the the DT 31113 552 20 rear rear NN 31113 552 21 , , , 31113 552 22 it -PRON- PRP 31113 552 23 was be VBD 31113 552 24 somewhat somewhat RB 31113 552 25 difficult difficult JJ 31113 552 26 to to TO 31113 552 27 arouse arouse VB 31113 552 28 the the DT 31113 552 29 men man NNS 31113 552 30 of of IN 31113 552 31 that that DT 31113 552 32 division division NN 31113 552 33 , , , 31113 552 34 who who WP 31113 552 35 were be VBD 31113 552 36 sleeping sleep VBG 31113 552 37 on on IN 31113 552 38 the the DT 31113 552 39 road road NN 31113 552 40 , , , 31113 552 41 and and CC 31113 552 42 get get VB 31113 552 43 them -PRON- PRP 31113 552 44 to to TO 31113 552 45 clear clear VB 31113 552 46 the the DT 31113 552 47 way way NN 31113 552 48 for for IN 31113 552 49 the the DT 31113 552 50 passage passage NN 31113 552 51 of of IN 31113 552 52 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 552 53 wagons wagon NNS 31113 552 54 . . . 31113 553 1 No no DT 31113 553 2 explanation explanation NN 31113 553 3 of of IN 31113 553 4 the the DT 31113 553 5 order order NN 31113 553 6 for for IN 31113 553 7 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 553 8 return return NN 31113 553 9 had have VBD 31113 553 10 been be VBN 31113 553 11 given give VBN 31113 553 12 . . . 31113 554 1 Just just RB 31113 554 2 after after IN 31113 554 3 the the DT 31113 554 4 dawn dawn NN 31113 554 5 of of IN 31113 554 6 day day NN 31113 554 7 , , , 31113 554 8 and and CC 31113 554 9 before before IN 31113 554 10 we -PRON- PRP 31113 554 11 were be VBD 31113 554 12 clear clear JJ 31113 554 13 of of IN 31113 554 14 the the DT 31113 554 15 division division NN 31113 554 16 , , , 31113 554 17 two two CD 31113 554 18 soldiers soldier NNS 31113 554 19 on on IN 31113 554 20 the the DT 31113 554 21 side side NN 31113 554 22 of of IN 31113 554 23 the the DT 31113 554 24 road road NN 31113 554 25 , , , 31113 554 26 were be VBD 31113 554 27 lighting light VBG 31113 554 28 a a DT 31113 554 29 fire fire NN 31113 554 30 for for IN 31113 554 31 the the DT 31113 554 32 purpose purpose NN 31113 554 33 of of IN 31113 554 34 preparing prepare VBG 31113 554 35 coffee coffee NN 31113 554 36 . . . 31113 555 1 As as IN 31113 555 2 we -PRON- PRP 31113 555 3 passed pass VBD 31113 555 4 them -PRON- PRP 31113 555 5 , , , 31113 555 6 one one CD 31113 555 7 said say VBD 31113 555 8 to to IN 31113 555 9 the the DT 31113 555 10 other other JJ 31113 555 11 : : : 31113 555 12 " " `` 31113 555 13 We -PRON- PRP 31113 555 14 are be VBP 31113 555 15 not not RB 31113 555 16 going go VBG 31113 555 17 to to TO 31113 555 18 fight fight VB 31113 555 19 to to IN 31113 555 20 - - HYPH 31113 555 21 day day NN 31113 555 22 : : : 31113 555 23 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 555 24 's 's POS 31113 555 25 division division NN 31113 555 26 is be VBZ 31113 555 27 going go VBG 31113 555 28 to to TO 31113 555 29 fight fight VB 31113 555 30 " " '' 31113 555 31 . . . 31113 556 1 The the DT 31113 556 2 other other JJ 31113 556 3 of of IN 31113 556 4 the the DT 31113 556 5 two two CD 31113 556 6 replied reply VBN 31113 556 7 , , , 31113 556 8 sneeringly sneeringly RB 31113 556 9 : : : 31113 556 10 " " `` 31113 556 11 What what WP 31113 556 12 do do VBP 31113 556 13 you -PRON- PRP 31113 556 14 know know VB 31113 556 15 about about IN 31113 556 16 it -PRON- PRP 31113 556 17 ? ? . 31113 556 18 " " '' 31113 557 1 To to TO 31113 557 2 which which WDT 31113 557 3 the the DT 31113 557 4 first first JJ 31113 557 5 answered answer VBD 31113 557 6 : : : 31113 557 7 " " `` 31113 557 8 Do do VBP 31113 557 9 n't not RB 31113 557 10 you -PRON- PRP 31113 557 11 see see VB 31113 557 12 those those DT 31113 557 13 young young JJ 31113 557 14 engineer engineer NN 31113 557 15 officers officer NNS 31113 557 16 , , , 31113 557 17 with with IN 31113 557 18 the the DT 31113 557 19 engineer engineer NN 31113 557 20 company company NN 31113 557 21 and and CC 31113 557 22 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 557 23 wagons wagon NNS 31113 557 24 ? ? . 31113 558 1 They -PRON- PRP 31113 558 2 are be VBP 31113 558 3 going go VBG 31113 558 4 back back RB 31113 558 5 , , , 31113 558 6 to to TO 31113 558 7 be be VB 31113 558 8 sent send VBN 31113 558 9 on on IN 31113 558 10 another another DT 31113 558 11 road road NN 31113 558 12 with with IN 31113 558 13 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 558 14 's 's POS 31113 558 15 division division NN 31113 558 16 , , , 31113 558 17 we -PRON- PRP 31113 558 18 are be VBP 31113 558 19 not not RB 31113 558 20 going go VBG 31113 558 21 to to TO 31113 558 22 fight fight VB 31113 558 23 to to IN 31113 558 24 - - HYPH 31113 558 25 day day NN 31113 558 26 " " '' 31113 558 27 . . . 31113 559 1 As as IN 31113 559 2 we -PRON- PRP 31113 559 3 passed pass VBD 31113 559 4 out out IN 31113 559 5 of of IN 31113 559 6 hearing hearing NN 31113 559 7 of of IN 31113 559 8 the the DT 31113 559 9 two two CD 31113 559 10 soldiers soldier NNS 31113 559 11 I -PRON- PRP 31113 559 12 said say VBD 31113 559 13 to to IN 31113 559 14 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 559 15 , , , 31113 559 16 who who WP 31113 559 17 was be VBD 31113 559 18 riding ride VBG 31113 559 19 by by IN 31113 559 20 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 559 21 side side NN 31113 559 22 : : : 31113 559 23 " " `` 31113 559 24 Did do VBD 31113 559 25 you -PRON- PRP 31113 559 26 hear hear VB 31113 559 27 that that DT 31113 559 28 ? ? . 31113 559 29 " " '' 31113 560 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 560 2 answered answer VBD 31113 560 3 " " `` 31113 560 4 Yes yes UH 31113 560 5 and and CC 31113 560 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 560 7 consider consider VBP 31113 560 8 it -PRON- PRP 31113 560 9 the the DT 31113 560 10 handsomest handsome JJS 31113 560 11 compliment compliment NN 31113 560 12 that that WDT 31113 560 13 could could MD 31113 560 14 be be VB 31113 560 15 paid pay VBN 31113 560 16 to to IN 31113 560 17 the the DT 31113 560 18 engineer engineer NN 31113 560 19 company company NN 31113 560 20 . . . 31113 561 1 The the DT 31113 561 2 private private JJ 31113 561 3 soldiers soldier NNS 31113 561 4 of of IN 31113 561 5 this this DT 31113 561 6 army army NN 31113 561 7 understand understand VBP 31113 561 8 that that IN 31113 561 9 we -PRON- PRP 31113 561 10 are be VBP 31113 561 11 sent send VBN 31113 561 12 where where WRB 31113 561 13 the the DT 31113 561 14 hardest hard JJS 31113 561 15 work work NN 31113 561 16 and and CC 31113 561 17 hardest hard JJS 31113 561 18 fighting fighting NN 31113 561 19 are be VBP 31113 561 20 to to TO 31113 561 21 be be VB 31113 561 22 done do VBN 31113 561 23 -- -- : 31113 561 24 and and CC 31113 561 25 always always RB 31113 561 26 at at IN 31113 561 27 the the DT 31113 561 28 head head NN 31113 561 29 of of IN 31113 561 30 the the DT 31113 561 31 leading leading JJ 31113 561 32 division division NN 31113 561 33 " " '' 31113 561 34 . . . 31113 562 1 We -PRON- PRP 31113 562 2 reached reach VBD 31113 562 3 San San NNP 31113 562 4 Augustine Augustine NNP 31113 562 5 a a DT 31113 562 6 little little JJ 31113 562 7 after after IN 31113 562 8 sunrise sunrise NN 31113 562 9 , , , 31113 562 10 August August NNP 31113 562 11 19 19 CD 31113 562 12 . . . 31113 563 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 563 2 will will MD 31113 563 3 now now RB 31113 563 4 quote quote VB 31113 563 5 direct direct JJ 31113 563 6 from from IN 31113 563 7 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 563 8 official official JJ 31113 563 9 report report NN 31113 563 10 of of IN 31113 563 11 these these DT 31113 563 12 operations operation NNS 31113 563 13 . . . 31113 564 1 " " `` 31113 564 2 Orders order NNS 31113 564 3 were be VBD 31113 564 4 [ [ -LRB- 31113 564 5 at at IN 31113 564 6 once once RB 31113 564 7 ] ] -RRB- 31113 564 8 received receive VBN 31113 564 9 , , , 31113 564 10 from from IN 31113 564 11 the the DT 31113 564 12 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 564 13 of of IN 31113 564 14 the the DT 31113 564 15 army army NN 31113 564 16 , , , 31113 564 17 directing direct VBG 31113 564 18 me -PRON- PRP 31113 564 19 to to TO 31113 564 20 report report VB 31113 564 21 to to IN 31113 564 22 Captain Captain NNP 31113 564 23 R. R. NNP 31113 564 24 E. E. NNP 31113 564 25 Lee Lee NNP 31113 564 26 , , , 31113 564 27 of of IN 31113 564 28 the the DT 31113 564 29 Corps Corps NNP 31113 564 30 of of IN 31113 564 31 Engineers Engineers NNPS 31113 564 32 , , , 31113 564 33 with with IN 31113 564 34 the the DT 31113 564 35 company company NN 31113 564 36 under under IN 31113 564 37 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 564 38 command command NN 31113 564 39 , , , 31113 564 40 and and CC 31113 564 41 [ [ -LRB- 31113 564 42 I i NN 31113 564 43 ] ] -RRB- 31113 564 44 was be VBD 31113 564 45 ordered order VBN 31113 564 46 by by IN 31113 564 47 Captain Captain NNP 31113 564 48 Lee Lee NNP 31113 564 49 to to TO 31113 564 50 take take VB 31113 564 51 ten ten CD 31113 564 52 of of IN 31113 564 53 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 564 54 men man NNS 31113 564 55 , , , 31113 564 56 and and CC 31113 564 57 select select VB 31113 564 58 certain certain JJ 31113 564 59 tools tool NNS 31113 564 60 from from IN 31113 564 61 the the DT 31113 564 62 general general JJ 31113 564 63 engineer 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726 11 the the DT 31113 726 12 [ [ -LRB- 31113 726 13 First First NNP 31113 726 14 ] ] -RRB- 31113 726 15 Artillery Artillery NNP 31113 726 16 which which WDT 31113 726 17 inclined incline VBD 31113 726 18 more more JJR 31113 726 19 to to IN 31113 726 20 the the DT 31113 726 21 left left NN 31113 726 22 , , , 31113 726 23 toward toward IN 31113 726 24 the the DT 31113 726 25 battery battery NN 31113 726 26 , , , 31113 726 27 whilst whilst IN 31113 726 28 I -PRON- PRP 31113 726 29 kept keep VBD 31113 726 30 nearer near RBR 31113 726 31 the the DT 31113 726 32 [ [ -LRB- 31113 726 33 principal principal JJ 31113 726 34 road road NN 31113 726 35 leading lead VBG 31113 726 36 almost almost RB 31113 726 37 due due JJ 31113 726 38 east east NN 31113 726 39 from from IN 31113 726 40 Coyoacan Coyoacan NNP 31113 726 41 ] ] -RRB- 31113 726 42 . . . 31113 727 1 The the DT 31113 727 2 ground ground NN 31113 727 3 was be VBD 31113 727 4 level level NN 31113 727 5 , , , 31113 727 6 but but CC 31113 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746 53 it -PRON- PRP 31113 746 54 under under IN 31113 746 55 shelter shelter NN 31113 746 56 again again RB 31113 746 57 to to TO 31113 746 58 reload reload VB 31113 746 59 . . . 31113 747 1 By by IN 31113 747 2 this this DT 31113 747 3 means mean VBZ 31113 747 4 , , , 31113 747 5 a a DT 31113 747 6 few few JJ 31113 747 7 rounds round NNS 31113 747 8 of of IN 31113 747 9 grape grape NN 31113 747 10 , , , 31113 747 11 canister canister NNP 31113 747 12 , , , 31113 747 13 and and CC 31113 747 14 shrapnel shrapnel NN 31113 747 15 , , , 31113 747 16 could could MD 31113 747 17 have have VB 31113 747 18 cleared clear VBN 31113 747 19 the the DT 31113 747 20 roof roof NN 31113 747 21 of of IN 31113 747 22 the the DT 31113 747 23 convent convent NN 31113 747 24 . . . 31113 748 1 In in IN 31113 748 2 more more JJR 31113 748 3 senses sense NNS 31113 748 4 than than IN 31113 748 5 one one CD 31113 748 6 , , , 31113 748 7 the the DT 31113 748 8 firing firing NN 31113 748 9 of of IN 31113 748 10 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G. NNP 31113 751 25 W. W. 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disabled disabled JJ 31113 806 12 . . . 31113 807 1 CHAPULTEPEC CHAPULTEPEC NNP 31113 807 2 . . . 31113 808 1 On on IN 31113 808 2 the the DT 31113 808 3 11th 11th NN 31113 808 4 of of IN 31113 808 5 September September NNP 31113 808 6 , , , 31113 808 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 808 8 received receive VBD 31113 808 9 orders order NNS 31113 808 10 to to TO 31113 808 11 furnish furnish VB 31113 808 12 details detail NNS 31113 808 13 of of IN 31113 808 14 men man NNS 31113 808 15 from from IN 31113 808 16 the the DT 31113 808 17 company company NN 31113 808 18 to to TO 31113 808 19 assist assist VB 31113 808 20 engineer engineer NN 31113 808 21 officers officer NNS 31113 808 22 in in IN 31113 808 23 supervising supervise VBG 31113 808 24 the the DT 31113 808 25 construction construction NN 31113 808 26 of of IN 31113 808 27 batteries battery NNS 31113 808 28 against against IN 31113 808 29 Chapultepec Chapultepec NNP 31113 808 30 . . . 31113 809 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 809 2 was be VBD 31113 809 3 placed place VBN 31113 809 4 in in IN 31113 809 5 charge charge NN 31113 809 6 of of IN 31113 809 7 Battery Battery NNP 31113 809 8 No no NN 31113 809 9 . . . 31113 810 1 1 1 LS 31113 810 2 , , , 31113 810 3 on on IN 31113 810 4 the the DT 31113 810 5 Tacubaya Tacubaya NNP 31113 810 6 road road NN 31113 810 7 , , , 31113 810 8 against against IN 31113 810 9 the the DT 31113 810 10 southern southern JJ 31113 810 11 face face NN 31113 810 12 of of IN 31113 810 13 the the DT 31113 810 14 Castle Castle NNP 31113 810 15 ; ; : 31113 810 16 and and CC 31113 810 17 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 810 18 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 810 19 in in IN 31113 810 20 charge charge NN 31113 810 21 of of IN 31113 810 22 Battery Battery NNP 31113 810 23 No no NN 31113 810 24 . . . 31113 811 1 2 2 CD 31113 811 2 , , , 31113 811 3 against against IN 31113 811 4 the the DT 31113 811 5 southwestern southwestern JJ 31113 811 6 angle angle NN 31113 811 7 . . . 31113 812 1 On on IN 31113 812 2 the the DT 31113 812 3 night night NN 31113 812 4 of of IN 31113 812 5 the the DT 31113 812 6 12th 12th NN 31113 812 7 , , , 31113 812 8 the the DT 31113 812 9 details detail NNS 31113 812 10 were be VBD 31113 812 11 all all DT 31113 812 12 called call VBN 31113 812 13 in in RP 31113 812 14 , , , 31113 812 15 and and CC 31113 812 16 I -PRON- PRP 31113 812 17 was be VBD 31113 812 18 directed direct VBN 31113 812 19 to to TO 31113 812 20 furnish furnish VB 31113 812 21 implements implement NNS 31113 812 22 to to IN 31113 812 23 the the DT 31113 812 24 different different JJ 31113 812 25 storming storm VBG 31113 812 26 parties party NNS 31113 812 27 which which WDT 31113 812 28 were be VBD 31113 812 29 to to TO 31113 812 30 assault assault VB 31113 812 31 the the DT 31113 812 32 castle castle NN 31113 812 33 of of IN 31113 812 34 Chapultepec Chapultepec NNP 31113 812 35 on on IN 31113 812 36 the the DT 31113 812 37 morning morning NN 31113 812 38 of of IN 31113 812 39 the the DT 31113 812 40 13th 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826 5 before before IN 31113 826 6 sunset sunset NN 31113 826 7 we -PRON- PRP 31113 826 8 reached reach VBD 31113 826 9 the the DT 31113 826 10 top top NN 31113 826 11 of of IN 31113 826 12 the the DT 31113 826 13 house house NN 31113 826 14 above above RB 31113 826 15 referred refer VBD 31113 826 16 to to IN 31113 826 17 . . . 31113 827 1 From from IN 31113 827 2 that that DT 31113 827 3 position position NN 31113 827 4 the the DT 31113 827 5 inside inside NN 31113 827 6 of of IN 31113 827 7 the the DT 31113 827 8 enemy enemy NN 31113 827 9 's 's POS 31113 827 10 works work NNS 31113 827 11 could could MD 31113 827 12 be be VB 31113 827 13 plainly plainly RB 31113 827 14 seen see VBN 31113 827 15 almost almost RB 31113 827 16 to to IN 31113 827 17 the the DT 31113 827 18 foot foot NN 31113 827 19 of of IN 31113 827 20 the the DT 31113 827 21 interior interior JJ 31113 827 22 slope slope NN 31113 827 23 of of IN 31113 827 24 the the DT 31113 827 25 parapet parapet NN 31113 827 26 . . . 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883 31 , , , 31113 883 32 I -PRON- PRP 31113 883 33 could could MD 31113 883 34 see see VB 31113 883 35 that that IN 31113 883 36 the the DT 31113 883 37 Citadel Citadel NNP 31113 883 38 , , , 31113 883 39 which which WDT 31113 883 40 had have VBD 31113 883 41 stopped stop VBN 31113 883 42 the the DT 31113 883 43 advance advance NN 31113 883 44 of of IN 31113 883 45 General General NNP 31113 883 46 Quitman Quitman NNP 31113 883 47 's 's POS 31113 883 48 troops troop NNS 31113 883 49 early early RB 31113 883 50 in in IN 31113 883 51 the the DT 31113 883 52 afternoon afternoon NN 31113 883 53 of of IN 31113 883 54 the the DT 31113 883 55 13th 13th NN 31113 883 56 , , , 31113 883 57 was be VBD 31113 883 58 deserted desert VBN 31113 883 59 . . . 31113 884 1 At at IN 31113 884 2 that that DT 31113 884 3 time time NN 31113 884 4 , , , 31113 884 5 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 884 6 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 884 7 reported report VBD 31113 884 8 to to IN 31113 884 9 me -PRON- PRP 31113 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aide aide NN 31113 887 8 , , , 31113 887 9 who who WP 31113 887 10 bore bear VBD 31113 887 11 the the DT 31113 887 12 order order NN 31113 887 13 , , , 31113 887 14 that that IN 31113 887 15 I -PRON- PRP 31113 887 16 had have VBD 31113 887 17 obeyed obey VBN 31113 887 18 all all DT 31113 887 19 of of IN 31113 887 20 General General NNP 31113 887 21 Worth Worth NNP 31113 887 22 's 's POS 31113 887 23 cautionary cautionary JJ 31113 887 24 instructions instruction NNS 31113 887 25 ; ; : 31113 887 26 that that IN 31113 887 27 there there EX 31113 887 28 was be VBD 31113 887 29 no no DT 31113 887 30 enemy enemy NN 31113 887 31 in in IN 31113 887 32 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 887 33 front front NN 31113 887 34 , , , 31113 887 35 and and CC 31113 887 36 no no DT 31113 887 37 reason reason NN 31113 887 38 for for IN 31113 887 39 calling call VBG 31113 887 40 us -PRON- PRP 31113 887 41 back back RB 31113 887 42 . . . 31113 888 1 The the DT 31113 888 2 aide aide NN 31113 888 3 replied reply VBD 31113 888 4 : : : 31113 888 5 " " `` 31113 888 6 The the DT 31113 888 7 order order NN 31113 888 8 is be VBZ 31113 888 9 positive positive JJ 31113 888 10 . . . 31113 889 1 You -PRON- PRP 31113 889 2 must must MD 31113 889 3 go go VB 31113 889 4 back back RB 31113 889 5 . . . 31113 889 6 " " '' 31113 890 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 890 2 then then RB 31113 890 3 gave give VBD 31113 890 4 the the DT 31113 890 5 order order NN 31113 890 6 to to TO 31113 890 7 countermarch countermarch VB 31113 890 8 . . . 31113 891 1 On on IN 31113 891 2 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 891 3 way way NN 31113 891 4 , , , 31113 891 5 the the DT 31113 891 6 aide aide NN 31113 891 7 , , , 31113 891 8 who who WP 31113 891 9 was be VBD 31113 891 10 a a DT 31113 891 11 classmate classmate JJ 31113 891 12 and and CC 31113 891 13 intimate intimate JJ 31113 891 14 friend friend NN 31113 891 15 of of IN 31113 891 16 mine -PRON- PRP 31113 891 17 , , , 31113 891 18 said say VBD 31113 891 19 to to IN 31113 891 20 me -PRON- PRP 31113 891 21 ; ; : 31113 891 22 " " `` 31113 891 23 General General NNP 31113 891 24 Worth Worth NNP 31113 891 25 is be VBZ 31113 891 26 very very RB 31113 891 27 cross cross JJ 31113 891 28 , , , 31113 891 29 he -PRON- PRP 31113 891 30 is be VBZ 31113 891 31 angry angry JJ 31113 891 32 . . . 31113 892 1 My -PRON- PRP$ 31113 892 2 opinion opinion NN 31113 892 3 is be VBZ 31113 892 4 that that IN 31113 892 5 he -PRON- PRP 31113 892 6 has have VBZ 31113 892 7 received receive VBN 31113 892 8 orders order NNS 31113 892 9 from from IN 31113 892 10 the the DT 31113 892 11 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 892 12 of of IN 31113 892 13 the the DT 31113 892 14 army army NN 31113 892 15 which which WDT 31113 892 16 have have VBP 31113 892 17 riled rile VBN 31113 892 18 him -PRON- PRP 31113 892 19 up up RP 31113 892 20 badly badly RB 31113 892 21 " " '' 31113 892 22 . . . 31113 893 1 A a DT 31113 893 2 few few JJ 31113 893 3 days day NNS 31113 893 4 later later RBR 31113 893 5 I -PRON- PRP 31113 893 6 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31113 893 42 in in IN 31113 893 43 - - HYPH 31113 893 44 Chief chief NN 31113 893 45 . . . 31113 894 1 For for IN 31113 894 2 several several JJ 31113 894 3 hours hour NNS 31113 894 4 after after IN 31113 894 5 the the DT 31113 894 6 engineer engineer NN 31113 894 7 company company NN 31113 894 8 took take VBD 31113 894 9 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 894 10 place place NN 31113 894 11 on on IN 31113 894 12 the the DT 31113 894 13 right right NN 31113 894 14 of of IN 31113 894 15 Worth Worth NNP 31113 894 16 's 's POS 31113 894 17 division division NN 31113 894 18 , , , 31113 894 19 at at IN 31113 894 20 the the DT 31113 894 21 Alameda Alameda NNP 31113 894 22 , , , 31113 894 23 all all DT 31113 894 24 seemed seem VBD 31113 894 25 to to TO 31113 894 26 be be VB 31113 894 27 quiet quiet JJ 31113 894 28 in in IN 31113 894 29 the the DT 31113 894 30 city city NN 31113 894 31 . . . 31113 895 1 General General NNP 31113 895 2 Quitman Quitman NNP 31113 895 3 's 's POS 31113 895 4 troops troop NNS 31113 895 5 , , , 31113 895 6 from from IN 31113 895 7 the the DT 31113 895 8 Belen Belen NNP 31113 895 9 Gate Gate NNP 31113 895 10 , , , 31113 895 11 had have VBD 31113 895 12 passed pass VBN 31113 895 13 the the DT 31113 895 14 abandoned abandon VBN 31113 895 15 citadel citadel NN 31113 895 16 , , , 31113 895 17 reached reach VBD 31113 895 18 the the DT 31113 895 19 Main Main NNP 31113 895 20 Plaza Plaza NNP 31113 895 21 , , , 31113 895 22 and and CC 31113 895 23 took take VBD 31113 895 24 possession possession NN 31113 895 25 of of IN 31113 895 26 the the DT 31113 895 27 National National NNP 31113 895 28 Palace Palace NNP 31113 895 29 . . . 31113 896 1 Later later RBR 31113 896 2 , , , 31113 896 3 General General NNP 31113 896 4 Scott Scott NNP 31113 896 5 , , , 31113 896 6 with with IN 31113 896 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 896 8 staff staff NN 31113 896 9 officers officer NNS 31113 896 10 and and CC 31113 896 11 mounted mount VBN 31113 896 12 escort escort NN 31113 896 13 , , , 31113 896 14 entered enter VBD 31113 896 15 the the DT 31113 896 16 city city NN 31113 896 17 . . . 31113 897 1 About about RB 31113 897 2 that that DT 31113 897 3 time time NN 31113 897 4 a a DT 31113 897 5 shot shot NN 31113 897 6 was be VBD 31113 897 7 fired fire VBN 31113 897 8 , , , 31113 897 9 evidently evidently RB 31113 897 10 aimed aim VBN 31113 897 11 at at IN 31113 897 12 General General NNP 31113 897 13 Worth Worth NNP 31113 897 14 , , , 31113 897 15 from from IN 31113 897 16 a a DT 31113 897 17 narrow narrow JJ 31113 897 18 street street NN 31113 897 19 or or CC 31113 897 20 lane lane NN 31113 897 21 , , , 31113 897 22 opposite opposite IN 31113 897 23 the the DT 31113 897 24 head head NN 31113 897 25 of of IN 31113 897 26 the the DT 31113 897 27 division division NN 31113 897 28 . . . 31113 898 1 The the DT 31113 898 2 shot shot NN 31113 898 3 missed miss VBN 31113 898 4 Worth Worth NNP 31113 898 5 , , , 31113 898 6 but but CC 31113 898 7 very very RB 31113 898 8 severely severely RB 31113 898 9 wounded wound VBN 31113 898 10 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 898 11 Garland Garland NNP 31113 898 12 . . . 31113 899 1 General General NNP 31113 899 2 Worth Worth NNP 31113 899 3 , , , 31113 899 4 immediately immediately RB 31113 899 5 ordered order VBD 31113 899 6 me -PRON- PRP 31113 899 7 to to TO 31113 899 8 take take VB 31113 899 9 the the DT 31113 899 10 engineer engineer NN 31113 899 11 company company NN 31113 899 12 , , , 31113 899 13 go go VB 31113 899 14 into into IN 31113 899 15 the the DT 31113 899 16 lane lane NN 31113 899 17 , , , 31113 899 18 find find VB 31113 899 19 the the DT 31113 899 20 man man NN 31113 899 21 who who WP 31113 899 22 fired fire VBD 31113 899 23 the the DT 31113 899 24 shot shot NN 31113 899 25 , , , 31113 899 26 and and CC 31113 899 27 hang hang VB 31113 899 28 him -PRON- PRP 31113 899 29 . . . 31113 900 1 Within within IN 31113 900 2 fifty fifty CD 31113 900 3 yards yard NNS 31113 900 4 we -PRON- PRP 31113 900 5 found find VBD 31113 900 6 the the DT 31113 900 7 man man NN 31113 900 8 who who WP 31113 900 9 I -PRON- PRP 31113 900 10 believed believe VBD 31113 900 11 fired fire VBD 31113 900 12 the the DT 31113 900 13 shot shot NN 31113 900 14 , , , 31113 900 15 a a DT 31113 900 16 rope rope NN 31113 900 17 was be VBD 31113 900 18 placed place VBN 31113 900 19 around around IN 31113 900 20 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 900 21 neck neck NN 31113 900 22 , , , 31113 900 23 but but CC 31113 900 24 I -PRON- PRP 31113 900 25 did do VBD 31113 900 26 not not RB 31113 900 27 order order VB 31113 900 28 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 900 29 men man NNS 31113 900 30 to to TO 31113 900 31 hang hang VB 31113 900 32 him -PRON- PRP 31113 900 33 . . . 31113 901 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 901 2 had have VBD 31113 901 3 no no DT 31113 901 4 _ _ NNP 31113 901 5 positive positive JJ 31113 901 6 _ _ NNP 31113 901 7 proof proof NN 31113 901 8 against against IN 31113 901 9 him -PRON- PRP 31113 901 10 . . . 31113 902 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 902 2 took take 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31113 1003 6 on on RP 31113 1003 7 with with IN 31113 1003 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1003 9 explanation explanation NN 31113 1003 10 . . . 31113 1004 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1004 2 said say VBD 31113 1004 3 that that IN 31113 1004 4 soon soon RB 31113 1004 5 after after IN 31113 1004 6 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1004 7 left leave VBD 31113 1004 8 the the DT 31113 1004 9 company company NN 31113 1004 10 quarters quarter NNS 31113 1004 11 , , , 31113 1004 12 early early RB 31113 1004 13 that that DT 31113 1004 14 morning morning NN 31113 1004 15 , , , 31113 1004 16 with with IN 31113 1004 17 permission permission NN 31113 1004 18 to to TO 31113 1004 19 be be VB 31113 1004 20 absent absent JJ 31113 1004 21 for for IN 31113 1004 22 four four CD 31113 1004 23 hours hour NNS 31113 1004 24 , , , 31113 1004 25 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1004 26 met meet VBD 31113 1004 27 with with IN 31113 1004 28 a a DT 31113 1004 29 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1004 30 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1004 31 had have VBD 31113 1004 32 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IN 31113 1005 26 the the DT 31113 1005 27 great great JJ 31113 1005 28 city city NN 31113 1005 29 they -PRON- PRP 31113 1005 30 had have VBD 31113 1005 31 helped help VBN 31113 1005 32 to to TO 31113 1005 33 capture capture VB 31113 1005 34 . . . 31113 1006 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1006 2 added add VBD 31113 1006 3 : : : 31113 1006 4 " " `` 31113 1006 5 During during IN 31113 1006 6 the the DT 31113 1006 7 drive drive NN 31113 1006 8 the the DT 31113 1006 9 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1006 10 got get VBD 31113 1006 11 mad mad JJ 31113 1006 12 and and CC 31113 1006 13 threatened threaten VBD 31113 1006 14 to to TO 31113 1006 15 have have VB 31113 1006 16 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1006 17 arrested arrest VBN 31113 1006 18 . . . 31113 1007 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1007 2 told tell VBD 31113 1007 3 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1007 4 that that IN 31113 1007 5 ' ' `` 31113 1007 6 no no DT 31113 1007 7 d----d d----d NNP 31113 1007 8 infantry infantry NN 31113 1007 9 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1007 10 had have VBD 31113 1007 11 rank rank NN 31113 1007 12 enough enough RB 31113 1007 13 to to TO 31113 1007 14 arrest arrest VB 31113 1007 15 an an DT 31113 1007 16 artificer artificer NN 31113 1007 17 of of IN 31113 1007 18 engineers engineer NNS 31113 1007 19 ' ' '' 31113 1007 20 . . . 31113 1008 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1008 2 then then RB 31113 1008 3 offered offer VBD 31113 1008 4 to to TO 31113 1008 5 fight fight VB 31113 1008 6 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1008 7 . . . 31113 1009 1 We -PRON- PRP 31113 1009 2 stopped stop VBD 31113 1009 3 the the DT 31113 1009 4 carriage carriage NN 31113 1009 5 , , , 31113 1009 6 got get VBD 31113 1009 7 out out RP 31113 1009 8 , , , 31113 1009 9 drew draw VBD 31113 1009 10 our -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1009 11 swords sword NNS 31113 1009 12 , , , 31113 1009 13 and and CC 31113 1009 14 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1009 15 told tell VBD 31113 1009 16 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1009 17 to to TO 31113 1009 18 come come VB 31113 1009 19 on on RP 31113 1009 20 , , , 31113 1009 21 and and CC 31113 1009 22 we -PRON- PRP 31113 1009 23 would would MD 31113 1009 24 soon soon RB 31113 1009 25 settle settle VB 31113 1009 26 the the DT 31113 1009 27 matter matter NN 31113 1009 28 . . . 31113 1010 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 2 attacked attack VBD 31113 1010 3 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 4 , , , 31113 1010 5 and and CC 31113 1010 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 7 disarmed disarm VBD 31113 1010 8 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 9 , , , 31113 1010 10 kept keep VBD 31113 1010 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1010 12 sword sword NN 31113 1010 13 , , , 31113 1010 14 made make VBD 31113 1010 15 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 16 get get VB 31113 1010 17 into into IN 31113 1010 18 the the DT 31113 1010 19 carriage carriage NN 31113 1010 20 , , , 31113 1010 21 drove drive VBD 31113 1010 22 to to IN 31113 1010 23 General General NNP 31113 1010 24 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 1010 25 's 's POS 31113 1010 26 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 1010 27 , , , 31113 1010 28 reported report VBD 31113 1010 29 to to IN 31113 1010 30 the the DT 31113 1010 31 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1010 32 of of IN 31113 1010 33 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1010 34 guard guard NN 31113 1010 35 , , , 31113 1010 36 told tell VBD 31113 1010 37 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 38 what what WP 31113 1010 39 had have VBD 31113 1010 40 occurred occur VBN 31113 1010 41 ; ; : 31113 1010 42 and and CC 31113 1010 43 asked ask VBD 31113 1010 44 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 45 to to TO 31113 1010 46 hold hold VB 31113 1010 47 , , , 31113 1010 48 as as IN 31113 1010 49 a a DT 31113 1010 50 prisoner prisoner NN 31113 1010 51 , , , 31113 1010 52 the the DT 31113 1010 53 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1010 54 that that WDT 31113 1010 55 had have VBD 31113 1010 56 attacked attack VBN 31113 1010 57 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1010 58 " " '' 31113 1010 59 . . . 31113 1011 1 " " `` 31113 1011 2 But but CC 31113 1011 3 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1011 4 , , , 31113 1011 5 being be VBG 31113 1011 6 also also RB 31113 1011 7 an an DT 31113 1011 8 infantry infantry NN 31113 1011 9 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1011 10 , , , 31113 1011 11 released release VBD 31113 1011 12 the the DT 31113 1011 13 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1011 14 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1011 15 had have VBD 31113 1011 16 brought bring VBN 31113 1011 17 there there RB 31113 1011 18 , , , 31113 1011 19 made make VBD 31113 1011 20 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1011 21 a a DT 31113 1011 22 prisoner prisoner NN 31113 1011 23 , , , 31113 1011 24 and and CC 31113 1011 25 demanded demand VBD 31113 1011 26 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1011 27 sword sword NN 31113 1011 28 . . . 31113 1012 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 2 gave give VBD 31113 1012 3 it -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 4 to to IN 31113 1012 5 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 6 ; ; : 31113 1012 7 but but CC 31113 1012 8 , , , 31113 1012 9 when when WRB 31113 1012 10 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 11 ordered order VBD 31113 1012 12 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 13 to to TO 31113 1012 14 give give VB 31113 1012 15 up up RP 31113 1012 16 the the DT 31113 1012 17 sword sword NN 31113 1012 18 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 19 had have VBD 31113 1012 20 captured capture VBN 31113 1012 21 , , , 31113 1012 22 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 23 told tell VBD 31113 1012 24 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 25 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 26 would would MD 31113 1012 27 see see VB 31113 1012 28 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 29 d----d d----d NNP 31113 1012 30 first first RB 31113 1012 31 ; ; : 31113 1012 32 and and CC 31113 1012 33 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 34 kept keep VBD 31113 1012 35 it -PRON- PRP 31113 1012 36 . . . 31113 1013 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1013 2 then then RB 31113 1013 3 asked ask VBD 31113 1013 4 to to TO 31113 1013 5 be be VB 31113 1013 6 taken take VBN 31113 1013 7 before before IN 31113 1013 8 General General NNP 31113 1013 9 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 1013 10 . . . 31113 1014 1 They -PRON- PRP 31113 1014 2 told tell VBD 31113 1014 3 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1014 4 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1014 5 was be VBD 31113 1014 6 out out RB 31113 1014 7 " " '' 31113 1014 8 . . . 31113 1015 1 " " `` 31113 1015 2 In in IN 31113 1015 3 three three CD 31113 1015 4 or or CC 31113 1015 5 four four CD 31113 1015 6 hours hour NNS 31113 1015 7 General General NNP 31113 1015 8 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 1015 9 returned return VBD 31113 1015 10 , , , 31113 1015 11 and and CC 31113 1015 12 when when WRB 31113 1015 13 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1015 14 was be VBD 31113 1015 15 passing pass VBG 31113 1015 16 through through IN 31113 1015 17 the the DT 31113 1015 18 sally sally NN 31113 1015 19 - - HYPH 31113 1015 20 port port NN 31113 1015 21 , , , 31113 1015 22 the the DT 31113 1015 23 guard guard NN 31113 1015 24 all all DT 31113 1015 25 in in IN 31113 1015 26 line line NN 31113 1015 27 , , , 31113 1015 28 at at IN 31113 1015 29 present present JJ 31113 1015 30 - - HYPH 31113 1015 31 arms arm NNS 31113 1015 32 , , , 31113 1015 33 saluting salute VBG 31113 1015 34 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1015 35 , , , 31113 1015 36 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1015 37 rushed rush VBD 31113 1015 38 in in IN 31113 1015 39 front front NN 31113 1015 40 of of IN 31113 1015 41 his 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still RB 31113 1017 2 standing stand VBG 31113 1017 3 in in IN 31113 1017 4 front front NN 31113 1017 5 of of IN 31113 1017 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1017 7 horse horse NN 31113 1017 8 , , , 31113 1017 9 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1017 10 again again RB 31113 1017 11 asked ask VBD 31113 1017 12 for for IN 31113 1017 13 justice justice NN 31113 1017 14 . . . 31113 1018 1 To to TO 31113 1018 2 which which WDT 31113 1018 3 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1018 4 replied reply VBD 31113 1018 5 : : : 31113 1018 6 ' ' `` 31113 1018 7 Who who WP 31113 1018 8 in in IN 31113 1018 9 the the DT 31113 1018 10 h h NN 31113 1018 11 -- -- : 31113 1018 12 ll ll XX 31113 1018 13 are be VBP 31113 1018 14 you -PRON- PRP 31113 1018 15 ? ? . 31113 1018 16 ' ' '' 31113 1019 1 When when WRB 31113 1019 2 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1019 3 told tell VBD 31113 1019 4 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1019 5 who who WP 31113 1019 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1019 7 was be VBD 31113 1019 8 , , , 31113 1019 9 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1019 10 said say VBD 31113 1019 11 : : : 31113 1019 12 ' ' `` 31113 1019 13 How how WRB 31113 1019 14 is be VBZ 31113 1019 15 it -PRON- PRP 31113 1019 16 that that IN 31113 1019 17 you -PRON- PRP 31113 1019 18 are be VBP 31113 1019 19 a a DT 31113 1019 20 prisoner prisoner NN 31113 1019 21 in in IN 31113 1019 22 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1019 23 guard guard NN 31113 1019 24 - - HYPH 31113 1019 25 house house NN 31113 1019 26 ? ? . 31113 1019 27 ' ' '' 31113 1020 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1020 2 told tell VBD 31113 1020 3 General General NNP 31113 1020 4 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 1020 5 the the DT 31113 1020 6 whole whole JJ 31113 1020 7 story story NN 31113 1020 8 : : : 31113 1020 9 and and CC 31113 1020 10 showed show VBD 31113 1020 11 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1020 12 the the DT 31113 1020 13 infantry infantry NN 31113 1020 14 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1020 15 's 's POS 31113 1020 16 sword sword NN 31113 1020 17 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1020 18 had have VBD 31113 1020 19 captured capture VBN 31113 1020 20 ; ; : 31113 1020 21 and and CC 31113 1020 22 which which WDT 31113 1020 23 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1020 24 guard guard NN 31113 1020 25 tried try VBD 31113 1020 26 to to TO 31113 1020 27 make make VB 31113 1020 28 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1020 29 give give VB 31113 1020 30 up up RP 31113 1020 31 . . . 31113 1021 1 General General NNP 31113 1021 2 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 1021 3 then then RB 31113 1021 4 asked ask VBD 31113 1021 5 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1021 6 if if IN 31113 1021 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1021 8 was be VBD 31113 1021 9 willing willing JJ 31113 1021 10 to to TO 31113 1021 11 hand hand VB 31113 1021 12 that that DT 31113 1021 13 sword sword NN 31113 1021 14 to to IN 31113 1021 15 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1021 16 . . . 31113 1022 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1022 2 gave give VBD 31113 1022 3 it -PRON- PRP 31113 1022 4 to to IN 31113 1022 5 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1022 6 at at IN 31113 1022 7 once once RB 31113 1022 8 ; ; : 31113 1022 9 and and CC 31113 1022 10 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1022 11 ordered order VBD 31113 1022 12 the the DT 31113 1022 13 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1022 14 of of IN 31113 1022 15 the the DT 31113 1022 16 guard guard NN 31113 1022 17 to to TO 31113 1022 18 release release VB 31113 1022 19 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1022 20 and and CC 31113 1022 21 give give VB 31113 1022 22 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1022 23 back back RB 31113 1022 24 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1022 25 own own JJ 31113 1022 26 sword sword NN 31113 1022 27 . . . 31113 1023 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1023 2 then then RB 31113 1023 3 came come VBD 31113 1023 4 straight straight RB 31113 1023 5 home home RB 31113 1023 6 . . . 31113 1023 7 " " '' 31113 1024 1 After after IN 31113 1024 2 hearing hear VBG 31113 1024 3 Gerber Gerber NNP 31113 1024 4 's 's POS 31113 1024 5 story story NN 31113 1024 6 , , , 31113 1024 7 on on IN 31113 1024 8 which which WDT 31113 1024 9 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1024 10 placed place VBD 31113 1024 11 implicit implicit JJ 31113 1024 12 reliance reliance NN 31113 1024 13 , , , 31113 1024 14 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1024 15 strongly strongly RB 31113 1024 16 advised advise VBD 31113 1024 17 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1024 18 to to TO 31113 1024 19 let let VB 31113 1024 20 liquor liquor NN 31113 1024 21 alone alone RB 31113 1024 22 in in IN 31113 1024 23 future future NN 31113 1024 24 : : : 31113 1024 25 and and CC 31113 1024 26 , , , 31113 1024 27 again again RB 31113 1024 28 told tell VBD 31113 1024 29 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1024 30 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1024 31 would would MD 31113 1024 32 gladly gladly RB 31113 1024 33 have have VB 31113 1024 34 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1024 35 promoted promote VBN 31113 1024 36 , , , 31113 1024 37 if if IN 31113 1024 38 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1024 39 would would MD 31113 1024 40 quit quit VB 31113 1024 41 drinking drinking NN 31113 1024 42 . . . 31113 1025 1 Some some DT 31113 1025 2 time time NN 31113 1025 3 after after IN 31113 1025 4 we -PRON- PRP 31113 1025 5 returned return VBD 31113 1025 6 to to IN 31113 1025 7 the the DT 31113 1025 8 United United NNP 31113 1025 9 States States NNP 31113 1025 10 , , , 31113 1025 11 and and CC 31113 1025 12 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1025 13 had have VBD 31113 1025 14 left leave VBN 31113 1025 15 the the DT 31113 1025 16 company company NN 31113 1025 17 , , , 31113 1025 18 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1025 19 learned learn VBD 31113 1025 20 that that IN 31113 1025 21 , , , 31113 1025 22 during during IN 31113 1025 23 the the DT 31113 1025 24 time time NN 31113 1025 25 Gerber Gerber NNP 31113 1025 26 was be VBD 31113 1025 27 closeted closet VBN 31113 1025 28 with with IN 31113 1025 29 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1025 30 , , , 31113 1025 31 opinion opinion NN 31113 1025 32 in in IN 31113 1025 33 the the DT 31113 1025 34 company company NN 31113 1025 35 was be VBD 31113 1025 36 divided divide VBN 31113 1025 37 , , , 31113 1025 38 and and CC 31113 1025 39 ran run VBD 31113 1025 40 high high RB 31113 1025 41 in in IN 31113 1025 42 regard regard NN 31113 1025 43 to to IN 31113 1025 44 the the DT 31113 1025 45 course course NN 31113 1025 46 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1025 47 would would MD 31113 1025 48 take take VB 31113 1025 49 in in RP 31113 1025 50 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1025 51 case case NN 31113 1025 52 . . . 31113 1026 1 All all PDT 31113 1026 2 the the DT 31113 1026 3 men man NNS 31113 1026 4 knew know VBD 31113 1026 5 that that IN 31113 1026 6 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1026 7 was be VBD 31113 1026 8 deservedly deservedly RB 31113 1026 9 a a DT 31113 1026 10 great great JJ 31113 1026 11 favorite favorite NN 31113 1026 12 of of IN 31113 1026 13 mine -PRON- PRP 31113 1026 14 . . . 31113 1027 1 Some some DT 31113 1027 2 of of IN 31113 1027 3 them -PRON- PRP 31113 1027 4 said say VBD 31113 1027 5 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1027 6 would would MD 31113 1027 7 let let VB 31113 1027 8 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1027 9 off off RP 31113 1027 10 ; ; : 31113 1027 11 others other NNS 31113 1027 12 that that IN 31113 1027 13 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1027 14 would would MD 31113 1027 15 deprive deprive VB 31113 1027 16 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1027 17 of of IN 31113 1027 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1027 19 warrant warrant NN 31113 1027 20 as as IN 31113 1027 21 artificer artificer NN 31113 1027 22 , , , 31113 1027 23 and and CC 31113 1027 24 otherwise otherwise RB 31113 1027 25 punish punish VB 31113 1027 26 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1027 27 . . . 31113 1028 1 These these DT 31113 1028 2 conflicting conflicting JJ 31113 1028 3 opinions opinion NNS 31113 1028 4 as as IN 31113 1028 5 to to IN 31113 1028 6 what what WP 31113 1028 7 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1028 8 would would MD 31113 1028 9 do do VB 31113 1028 10 in in IN 31113 1028 11 Gerber Gerber NNP 31113 1028 12 's 's POS 31113 1028 13 case case NN 31113 1028 14 , , , 31113 1028 15 were be VBD 31113 1028 16 freely freely RB 31113 1028 17 backed back VBN 31113 1028 18 by by IN 31113 1028 19 heavy heavy JJ 31113 1028 20 bets bet NNS 31113 1028 21 among among IN 31113 1028 22 the the DT 31113 1028 23 men man NNS 31113 1028 24 . . . 31113 1029 1 When when WRB 31113 1029 2 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1029 3 joined join VBD 31113 1029 4 them -PRON- PRP 31113 1029 5 , , , 31113 1029 6 all all DT 31113 1029 7 were be VBD 31113 1029 8 anxious anxious JJ 31113 1029 9 to to TO 31113 1029 10 know know VB 31113 1029 11 what what WP 31113 1029 12 " " `` 31113 1029 13 the the DT 31113 1029 14 lieutenant lieutenant NN 31113 1029 15 " " `` 31113 1029 16 was be VBD 31113 1029 17 going go VBG 31113 1029 18 to to IN 31113 1029 19 do--"what do--"what NNP 31113 1029 20 did do VBD 31113 1029 21 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1029 22 say say VB 31113 1029 23 ? ? . 31113 1029 24 " " '' 31113 1030 1 To to TO 31113 1030 2 which which WDT 31113 1030 3 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1030 4 replied reply VBD 31113 1030 5 : : : 31113 1030 6 " " `` 31113 1030 7 It -PRON- PRP 31113 1030 8 is be VBZ 31113 1030 9 none none NN 31113 1030 10 of of IN 31113 1030 11 your -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1030 12 business business NN 31113 1030 13 " " '' 31113 1030 14 . . . 31113 1031 1 For for IN 31113 1031 2 some some DT 31113 1031 3 time time NN 31113 1031 4 they -PRON- PRP 31113 1031 5 could could MD 31113 1031 6 get get VB 31113 1031 7 nothing nothing NN 31113 1031 8 more more JJR 31113 1031 9 from from IN 31113 1031 10 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1031 11 . . . 31113 1032 1 But but CC 31113 1032 2 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1032 3 finally finally RB 31113 1032 4 said say VBD 31113 1032 5 : : : 31113 1032 6 " " `` 31113 1032 7 D----n d----n VB 31113 1032 8 it -PRON- PRP 31113 1032 9 , , , 31113 1032 10 if if IN 31113 1032 11 you -PRON- PRP 31113 1032 12 must must MD 31113 1032 13 know know VB 31113 1032 14 ; ; : 31113 1032 15 the the DT 31113 1032 16 lieutenant lieutenant NN 31113 1032 17 told tell VBD 31113 1032 18 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1032 19 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1032 20 would would MD 31113 1032 21 make make VB 31113 1032 22 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1032 23 a a DT 31113 1032 24 corporal corporal JJ 31113 1032 25 " " '' 31113 1032 26 . . . 31113 1033 1 The the DT 31113 1033 2 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1033 3 who who WP 31113 1033 4 gave give VBD 31113 1033 5 me -PRON- PRP 31113 1033 6 the the DT 31113 1033 7 facts fact NNS 31113 1033 8 just just RB 31113 1033 9 related relate VBN 31113 1033 10 , , , 31113 1033 11 added add VBD 31113 1033 12 : : : 31113 1033 13 " " `` 31113 1033 14 Previous previous JJ 31113 1033 15 to to IN 31113 1033 16 that that DT 31113 1033 17 time time NN 31113 1033 18 , , , 31113 1033 19 Gerber Gerber NNP 31113 1033 20 was be VBD 31113 1033 21 believed believe VBN 31113 1033 22 , , , 31113 1033 23 by by IN 31113 1033 24 the the DT 31113 1033 25 whole whole JJ 31113 1033 26 company company NN 31113 1033 27 , , , 31113 1033 28 to to TO 31113 1033 29 be be VB 31113 1033 30 a a DT 31113 1033 31 perfectly perfectly RB 31113 1033 32 truthful truthful JJ 31113 1033 33 man man NN 31113 1033 34 . . . 31113 1034 1 But but CC 31113 1034 2 many many JJ 31113 1034 3 of of IN 31113 1034 4 the the DT 31113 1034 5 men man NNS 31113 1034 6 thought think VBD 31113 1034 7 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1034 8 lied lie VBD 31113 1034 9 on on IN 31113 1034 10 that that DT 31113 1034 11 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of of IN 31113 1092 42 the the DT 31113 1092 43 facts fact NNS 31113 1092 44 in in IN 31113 1092 45 the the DT 31113 1092 46 case case NN 31113 1092 47 had have VBD 31113 1092 48 not not RB 31113 1092 49 been be VBN 31113 1092 50 furnished furnish VBN 31113 1092 51 to to IN 31113 1092 52 the the DT 31113 1092 53 accounting accounting NN 31113 1092 54 officers officer NNS 31113 1092 55 . . . 31113 1093 1 The the DT 31113 1093 2 engineer engineer NN 31113 1093 3 company company NN 31113 1093 4 , , , 31113 1093 5 under under IN 31113 1093 6 Lieutenant Lieutenant NNP 31113 1093 7 McClellan McClellan NNP 31113 1093 8 , , , 31113 1093 9 accompanied accompany VBN 31113 1093 10 by by IN 31113 1093 11 all all PDT 31113 1093 12 the the DT 31113 1093 13 engineer engineer NN 31113 1093 14 officers officer NNS 31113 1093 15 from from IN 31113 1093 16 the the DT 31113 1093 17 City City NNP 31113 1093 18 of of IN 31113 1093 19 Mexico Mexico NNP 31113 1093 20 , , , 31113 1093 21 left leave VBD 31113 1093 22 that that DT 31113 1093 23 city city NN 31113 1093 24 on on IN 31113 1093 25 the the DT 31113 1093 26 28th 28th NN 31113 1093 27 of of IN 31113 1093 28 May May NNP 31113 1093 29 , , , 31113 1093 30 1848 1848 CD 31113 1093 31 , , , 31113 1093 32 and and CC 31113 1093 33 marched march VBD 31113 1093 34 to to IN 31113 1093 35 Vera Vera NNP 31113 1093 36 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 1093 37 . . . 31113 1094 1 From from IN 31113 1094 2 the the DT 31113 1094 3 latter latter JJ 31113 1094 4 place place NN 31113 1094 5 the the DT 31113 1094 6 company company NN 31113 1094 7 was be VBD 31113 1094 8 transported transport VBN 31113 1094 9 by by IN 31113 1094 10 steamer steamer NN 31113 1094 11 to to IN 31113 1094 12 New New NNP 31113 1094 13 York York NNP 31113 1094 14 City City NNP 31113 1094 15 ; ; : 31113 1094 16 arrived arrive VBD 31113 1094 17 at at IN 31113 1094 18 West West NNP 31113 1094 19 Point Point NNP 31113 1094 20 , , , 31113 1094 21 N. N. NNP 31113 1094 22 Y. Y. NNP 31113 1094 23 , , , 31113 1094 24 on on IN 31113 1094 25 the the DT 31113 1094 26 22nd 22nd NN 31113 1094 27 of of IN 31113 1094 28 June June NNP 31113 1094 29 ; ; : 31113 1094 30 reported report VBD 31113 1094 31 to to IN 31113 1094 32 the the DT 31113 1094 33 superintendent superintendent NN 31113 1094 34 of of IN 31113 1094 35 the the DT 31113 1094 36 Military Military NNP 31113 1094 37 Academy Academy NNP 31113 1094 38 , , , 31113 1094 39 and and CC 31113 1094 40 was be VBD 31113 1094 41 immediately immediately RB 31113 1094 42 ordered order VBN 31113 1094 43 to to TO 31113 1094 44 report report VB 31113 1094 45 to to IN 31113 1094 46 Captain Captain NNP 31113 1094 47 George George NNP 31113 1094 48 W. W. NNP 31113 1094 49 Cullum Cullum NNP 31113 1094 50 , , , 31113 1094 51 of of IN 31113 1094 52 the the DT 31113 1094 53 engineer engineer NN 31113 1094 54 corps corps NNP 31113 1094 55 , , , 31113 1094 56 as as IN 31113 1094 57 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1094 58 new new JJ 31113 1094 59 commander commander NN 31113 1094 60 . . . 31113 1095 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1095 2 remained remain VBD 31113 1095 3 about about RB 31113 1095 4 a a DT 31113 1095 5 week week NN 31113 1095 6 in in IN 31113 1095 7 Vera Vera NNP 31113 1095 8 Cruz Cruz NNP 31113 1095 9 after after IN 31113 1095 10 the the DT 31113 1095 11 company company NN 31113 1095 12 sailed sail VBD 31113 1095 13 ; ; : 31113 1095 14 arrived arrive VBD 31113 1095 15 at at IN 31113 1095 16 West West NNP 31113 1095 17 Point Point NNP 31113 1095 18 in in IN 31113 1095 19 July July NNP 31113 1095 20 ; ; : 31113 1095 21 and and CC 31113 1095 22 was be VBD 31113 1095 23 ordered order VBN 31113 1095 24 to to TO 31113 1095 25 report report VB 31113 1095 26 to to IN 31113 1095 27 Captain Captain NNP 31113 1095 28 Cullum Cullum NNP 31113 1095 29 . . . 31113 1096 1 A a DT 31113 1096 2 short short JJ 31113 1096 3 time time NN 31113 1096 4 thereafter thereafter RB 31113 1096 5 , , , 31113 1096 6 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1096 7 asked ask VBD 31113 1096 8 to to TO 31113 1096 9 be be VB 31113 1096 10 relieved relieve VBN 31113 1096 11 from from IN 31113 1096 12 duty duty NN 31113 1096 13 with with IN 31113 1096 14 the the DT 31113 1096 15 company company NN 31113 1096 16 ; ; : 31113 1096 17 and and CC 31113 1096 18 applied apply VBD 31113 1096 19 for for IN 31113 1096 20 six six CD 31113 1096 21 months month NNS 31113 1096 22 leave leave VBP 31113 1096 23 of of IN 31113 1096 24 absence absence NN 31113 1096 25 . . . 31113 1097 1 The the DT 31113 1097 2 leave leave NN 31113 1097 3 was be VBD 31113 1097 4 granted grant VBN 31113 1097 5 , , , 31113 1097 6 and and CC 31113 1097 7 it -PRON- PRP 31113 1097 8 was be VBD 31113 1097 9 understood understand VBN 31113 1097 10 that that IN 31113 1097 11 , , , 31113 1097 12 on on IN 31113 1097 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1097 14 expiration expiration NN 31113 1097 15 , , , 31113 1097 16 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1097 17 would would MD 31113 1097 18 be be VB 31113 1097 19 ordered order VBN 31113 1097 20 to to IN 31113 1097 21 other other JJ 31113 1097 22 engineer engineer NN 31113 1097 23 service service NN 31113 1097 24 . . . 31113 1098 1 Before before IN 31113 1098 2 the the DT 31113 1098 3 expiration expiration NN 31113 1098 4 of of IN 31113 1098 5 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1098 6 leave leave NN 31113 1098 7 , , , 31113 1098 8 the the DT 31113 1098 9 war war NN 31113 1098 10 men man NNS 31113 1098 11 of of IN 31113 1098 12 the the DT 31113 1098 13 company company NN 31113 1098 14 procured procure VBD 31113 1098 15 the the DT 31113 1098 16 passage passage NN 31113 1098 17 of of IN 31113 1098 18 an an DT 31113 1098 19 act act NN 31113 1098 20 by by IN 31113 1098 21 Congress Congress NNP 31113 1098 22 , , , 31113 1098 23 authorizing authorize VBG 31113 1098 24 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1098 25 discharge discharge NN 31113 1098 26 from from IN 31113 1098 27 the the DT 31113 1098 28 service service NN 31113 1098 29 . . . 31113 1099 1 Under under IN 31113 1099 2 that that DT 31113 1099 3 act act NN 31113 1099 4 nearly nearly RB 31113 1099 5 all all PDT 31113 1099 6 the the DT 31113 1099 7 men man NNS 31113 1099 8 of of IN 31113 1099 9 the the DT 31113 1099 10 company company NN 31113 1099 11 , , , 31113 1099 12 who who WP 31113 1099 13 had have VBD 31113 1099 14 served serve VBN 31113 1099 15 in in IN 31113 1099 16 Mexico Mexico NNP 31113 1099 17 , , , 31113 1099 18 immediately immediately RB 31113 1099 19 obtained obtain VBD 31113 1099 20 their -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1099 21 discharge discharge NN 31113 1099 22 from from IN 31113 1099 23 the the DT 31113 1099 24 army army NN 31113 1099 25 . . . 31113 1100 1 This this DT 31113 1100 2 virtually virtually RB 31113 1100 3 reduced reduce VBD 31113 1100 4 the the DT 31113 1100 5 company company NN 31113 1100 6 to to IN 31113 1100 7 the the DT 31113 1100 8 detachment detachment NN 31113 1100 9 of of IN 31113 1100 10 recruits recruit NNS 31113 1100 11 which which WDT 31113 1100 12 had have VBD 31113 1100 13 been be VBN 31113 1100 14 collected collect VBN 31113 1100 15 and and CC 31113 1100 16 retained retain VBN 31113 1100 17 at at IN 31113 1100 18 West West NNP 31113 1100 19 Point Point NNP 31113 1100 20 . . . 31113 1101 1 At at IN 31113 1101 2 the the DT 31113 1101 3 expiration expiration NN 31113 1101 4 of of IN 31113 1101 5 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1101 6 leave leave NN 31113 1101 7 of of IN 31113 1101 8 absence absence NN 31113 1101 9 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1101 10 was be VBD 31113 1101 11 formally formally RB 31113 1101 12 relieved relieve VBN 31113 1101 13 from from IN 31113 1101 14 further further JJ 31113 1101 15 direct direct JJ 31113 1101 16 service service NN 31113 1101 17 with with IN 31113 1101 18 the the DT 31113 1101 19 engineer engineer NN 31113 1101 20 company company NN 31113 1101 21 ; ; : 31113 1101 22 and and CC 31113 1101 23 at at IN 31113 1101 24 the the DT 31113 1101 25 request request NN 31113 1101 26 of of IN 31113 1101 27 the the DT 31113 1101 28 Chief Chief NNP 31113 1101 29 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 1101 30 , , , 31113 1101 31 consented consent VBD 31113 1101 32 to to TO 31113 1101 33 undertake undertake VB 31113 1101 34 the the DT 31113 1101 35 enlistment enlistment NN 31113 1101 36 of of IN 31113 1101 37 new new JJ 31113 1101 38 recruits recruit NNS 31113 1101 39 to to TO 31113 1101 40 fill fill VB 31113 1101 41 the the DT 31113 1101 42 places place NNS 31113 1101 43 in in IN 31113 1101 44 the the DT 31113 1101 45 company company NN 31113 1101 46 vacated vacate VBN 31113 1101 47 by by IN 31113 1101 48 the the DT 31113 1101 49 war war NN 31113 1101 50 men man NNS 31113 1101 51 , , , 31113 1101 52 who who WP 31113 1101 53 had have VBD 31113 1101 54 been be VBN 31113 1101 55 discharged discharge VBN 31113 1101 56 . . . 31113 1102 1 That that DT 31113 1102 2 business business NN 31113 1102 3 was be VBD 31113 1102 4 finished finish VBN 31113 1102 5 within within IN 31113 1102 6 a a DT 31113 1102 7 few few JJ 31113 1102 8 months month NNS 31113 1102 9 . . . 31113 1103 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1103 2 was be VBD 31113 1103 3 then then RB 31113 1103 4 ordered order VBN 31113 1103 5 on on IN 31113 1103 6 other other JJ 31113 1103 7 engineer engineer NN 31113 1103 8 duty duty NN 31113 1103 9 and and CC 31113 1103 10 , , , 31113 1103 11 thus thus RB 31113 1103 12 , , , 31113 1103 13 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1103 14 connection connection NN 31113 1103 15 with with IN 31113 1103 16 the the DT 31113 1103 17 engineer engineer NN 31113 1103 18 company company NN 31113 1103 19 ended end VBD 31113 1103 20 . . . 31113 1104 1 FOOTNOTE FOOTNOTE NNS 31113 1104 2 : : : 31113 1104 3 [ [ -LRB- 31113 1104 4 5 5 CD 31113 1104 5 ] ] -RRB- 31113 1104 6 Frederick Frederick NNP 31113 1104 7 W. W. NNP 31113 1104 8 Gerber Gerber NNP 31113 1104 9 , , , 31113 1104 10 was be VBD 31113 1104 11 enlisted enlist VBN 31113 1104 12 in in IN 31113 1104 13 Co. Co. NNP 31113 1105 1 " " `` 31113 1105 2 A. A. NNP 31113 1105 3 " " '' 31113 1106 1 June June NNP 31113 1106 2 29 29 CD 31113 1106 3 , , , 31113 1106 4 1846 1846 CD 31113 1106 5 , , , 31113 1106 6 after after IN 31113 1106 7 previous previous JJ 31113 1106 8 service service NN 31113 1106 9 in in IN 31113 1106 10 the the DT 31113 1106 11 4th 4th NNP 31113 1106 12 Infantry Infantry NNP 31113 1106 13 , , , 31113 1106 14 which which WDT 31113 1106 15 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1106 16 joined join VBD 31113 1106 17 in in IN 31113 1106 18 1839 1839 CD 31113 1106 19 , , , 31113 1106 20 and and CC 31113 1106 21 under under IN 31113 1106 22 the the DT 31113 1106 23 Act Act NNP 31113 1106 24 of of IN 31113 1106 25 March March NNP 31113 1106 26 3 3 CD 31113 1106 27 , , , 31113 1106 28 1849 1849 CD 31113 1106 29 , , , 31113 1106 30 was be VBD 31113 1106 31 discharged discharge VBN 31113 1106 32 April April NNP 31113 1106 33 6 6 CD 31113 1106 34 , , , 31113 1106 35 1849 1849 CD 31113 1106 36 . . . 31113 1107 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1107 2 was be VBD 31113 1107 3 reenlisted reenliste VBN 31113 1107 4 the the DT 31113 1107 5 same same JJ 31113 1107 6 day day NN 31113 1107 7 and and CC 31113 1107 8 continued continue VBD 31113 1107 9 in in IN 31113 1107 10 the the DT 31113 1107 11 service service NN 31113 1107 12 until until IN 31113 1107 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1107 14 death death NN 31113 1107 15 at at IN 31113 1107 16 the the DT 31113 1107 17 Post Post NNP 31113 1107 18 of of IN 31113 1107 19 Willets Willets NNPS 31113 1107 20 Point Point NNP 31113 1107 21 , , , 31113 1107 22 N. N. NNP 31113 1107 23 Y. Y. NNP 31113 1107 24 , , , 31113 1107 25 November November NNP 31113 1107 26 10 10 CD 31113 1107 27 , , , 31113 1107 28 1875 1875 CD 31113 1107 29 . . . 31113 1108 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1108 2 was be VBD 31113 1108 3 appointed appoint VBN 31113 1108 4 Artificer Artificer NNP 31113 1108 5 , , , 31113 1108 6 April April NNP 31113 1108 7 18 18 CD 31113 1108 8 , , , 31113 1108 9 1847 1847 CD 31113 1108 10 , , , 31113 1108 11 Corporal Corporal NNP 31113 1108 12 , , , 31113 1108 13 August August NNP 31113 1108 14 1 1 CD 31113 1108 15 , , , 31113 1108 16 1848 1848 CD 31113 1108 17 , , , 31113 1108 18 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1108 19 , , , 31113 1108 20 February February NNP 31113 1108 21 1 1 CD 31113 1108 22 , , , 31113 1108 23 1849 1849 CD 31113 1108 24 , , , 31113 1108 25 and and CC 31113 1108 26 was be VBD 31113 1108 27 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1108 28 Major Major NNP 31113 1108 29 of of IN 31113 1108 30 the the DT 31113 1108 31 Battalion Battalion NNP 31113 1108 32 of of IN 31113 1108 33 Engineers Engineers NNPS 31113 1108 34 from from IN 31113 1108 35 February February NNP 31113 1108 36 21 21 CD 31113 1108 37 , , , 31113 1108 38 1867 1867 CD 31113 1108 39 , , , 31113 1108 40 to to IN 31113 1108 41 the the DT 31113 1108 42 date date NN 31113 1108 43 of of IN 31113 1108 44 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1108 45 death death NN 31113 1108 46 . . . 31113 1109 1 APPENDIX APPENDIX NNP 31113 1109 2 A. A. NNP 31113 1110 1 BRIEF BRIEF NNP 31113 1110 2 EXTRACTS EXTRACTS NNP 31113 1110 3 , , , 31113 1110 4 FROM from IN 31113 1110 5 WILCOX WILCOX NNP 31113 1110 6 'S 's POS 31113 1110 7 HISTORY HISTORY NNP 31113 1110 8 OF of IN 31113 1110 9 THE the DT 31113 1110 10 MEXICAN MEXICAN NNP 31113 1110 11 WAR WAR NNP 31113 1110 12 , , , 31113 1110 13 1892 1892 CD 31113 1110 14 . . . 31113 1111 1 " " `` 31113 1111 2 General General NNP 31113 1111 3 Patterson Patterson NNP 31113 1111 4 was be VBD 31113 1111 5 ordered order VBN 31113 1111 6 to to IN 31113 1111 7 march march NNP 31113 1111 8 [ [ -LRB- 31113 1111 9 December December NNP 31113 1111 10 , , , 31113 1111 11 1846 1846 CD 31113 1111 12 , , , 31113 1111 13 ] ] -RRB- 31113 1111 14 from from IN 31113 1111 15 Matamoros Matamoros NNP 31113 1111 16 to to IN 31113 1111 17 Victoria Victoria NNP 31113 1111 18 with with IN 31113 1111 19 three three CD 31113 1111 20 regiments regiment NNS 31113 1111 21 of of IN 31113 1111 22 volunteers volunteer NNS 31113 1111 23 , , , 31113 1111 24 two two CD 31113 1111 25 pieces piece NNS 31113 1111 26 of of IN 31113 1111 27 artillery artillery NN 31113 1111 28 , , , 31113 1111 29 and and CC 31113 1111 30 the the DT 31113 1111 31 engineer engineer NN 31113 1111 32 company company NN 31113 1111 33 under under IN 31113 1111 34 Lieut Lieut NNP 31113 1111 35 . . . 31113 1112 1 G. G. NNP 31113 1112 2 W. W. NNP 31113 1112 3 Smith Smith NNP 31113 1112 4 " " '' 31113 1112 5 . . . 31113 1113 1 ( ( -LRB- 31113 1113 2 p. p. NN 31113 1114 1 187 187 CD 31113 1114 2 . . . 31113 1114 3 ) ) -RRB- 31113 1115 1 VERA VERA NNP 31113 1115 2 CRUZ CRUZ NNP 31113 1115 3 . . . 31113 1116 1 " " `` 31113 1116 2 This this DT 31113 1116 3 line line NN 31113 1116 4 of of IN 31113 1116 5 investment investment NN 31113 1116 6 , , , 31113 1116 7 through through IN 31113 1116 8 the the DT 31113 1116 9 chaparral chaparral NN 31113 1116 10 and and CC 31113 1116 11 over over IN 31113 1116 12 the the DT 31113 1116 13 sand sand NN 31113 1116 14 hills hill NNS 31113 1116 15 , , , 31113 1116 16 was be VBD 31113 1116 17 located locate VBN 31113 1116 18 by by IN 31113 1116 19 Lieut Lieut NNP 31113 1116 20 . . . 31113 1117 1 G. G. NNP 31113 1117 2 W. W. 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NNP 31113 1195 7 of of IN 31113 1195 8 the the DT 31113 1195 9 14th 14th JJ 31113 1195 10 commissioners commissioner NNS 31113 1195 11 from from IN 31113 1195 12 the the DT 31113 1195 13 municipal municipal JJ 31113 1195 14 government government NN 31113 1195 15 of of IN 31113 1195 16 the the DT 31113 1195 17 city city NN 31113 1195 18 approached approach VBD 31113 1195 19 the the DT 31113 1195 20 advanced advanced JJ 31113 1195 21 post post NN 31113 1195 22 of of IN 31113 1195 23 Worth Worth NNP 31113 1195 24 's 's POS 31113 1195 25 command command NN 31113 1195 26 , , , 31113 1195 27 were be VBD 31113 1195 28 passed pass VBN 31113 1195 29 to to IN 31113 1195 30 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1195 31 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 1195 32 , , , 31113 1195 33 and and CC 31113 1195 34 by by IN 31113 1195 35 him -PRON- PRP 31113 1195 36 sent send VBD 31113 1195 37 to to IN 31113 1195 38 General General NNP 31113 1195 39 Scott Scott NNP 31113 1195 40 's 's POS 31113 1195 41 headquarters headquarters NN 31113 1195 42 in in IN 31113 1195 43 Tacubaya Tacubaya NNP 31113 1195 44 " " '' 31113 1195 45 . . . 31113 1196 1 ( ( -LRB- 31113 1196 2 p. p. NN 31113 1197 1 481 481 CD 31113 1197 2 . . . 31113 1197 3 ) ) -RRB- 31113 1198 1 " " `` 31113 1198 2 General General NNP 31113 1198 3 Worth Worth NNP 31113 1198 4 then then RB 31113 1198 5 directed direct VBD 31113 1198 6 the the DT 31113 1198 7 two two CD 31113 1198 8 engineer engineer NN 31113 1198 9 officers officer NNS 31113 1198 10 , , , 31113 1198 11 serving serve VBG 31113 1198 12 with with IN 31113 1198 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1198 14 command command NN 31113 1198 15 , , , 31113 1198 16 to to TO 31113 1198 17 proceed proceed VB 31113 1198 18 to to IN 31113 1198 19 the the DT 31113 1198 20 front front NN 31113 1198 21 and and CC 31113 1198 22 with with IN 31113 1198 23 a a DT 31113 1198 24 detachment detachment NN 31113 1198 25 of of IN 31113 1198 26 infantry infantry NN 31113 1198 27 and and CC 31113 1198 28 the the DT 31113 1198 29 engineer engineer NN 31113 1198 30 company company NN 31113 1198 31 , , , 31113 1198 32 closely closely RB 31113 1198 33 examine examine VBP 31113 1198 34 all all DT 31113 1198 35 strong strong JJ 31113 1198 36 buildings building NNS 31113 1198 37 , , , 31113 1198 38 and and CC 31113 1198 39 direct direct JJ 31113 1198 40 operations operation NNS 31113 1198 41 toward toward IN 31113 1198 42 the the DT 31113 1198 43 Main Main NNP 31113 1198 44 Plaza Plaza NNP 31113 1198 45 and and CC 31113 1198 46 National National NNP 31113 1198 47 Palace Palace NNP 31113 1198 48 . . . 31113 1199 1 The the DT 31113 1199 2 senior senior JJ 31113 1199 3 engineer engineer NN 31113 1199 4 being be VBG 31113 1199 5 directed direct VBN 31113 1199 6 to to TO 31113 1199 7 make make VB 31113 1199 8 known known JJ 31113 1199 9 promptly promptly RB 31113 1199 10 any any DT 31113 1199 11 indication indication NN 31113 1199 12 that that IN 31113 1199 13 the the DT 31113 1199 14 rumored rumor VBN 31113 1199 15 evacuation evacuation NN 31113 1199 16 was be VBD 31113 1199 17 incorrect incorrect JJ 31113 1199 18 , , , 31113 1199 19 reported report VBD 31113 1199 20 that that IN 31113 1199 21 everything everything NN 31113 1199 22 indicated indicate VBD 31113 1199 23 that that IN 31113 1199 24 the the DT 31113 1199 25 Mexican mexican JJ 31113 1199 26 army army NN 31113 1199 27 had have VBD 31113 1199 28 abandoned abandon VBN 31113 1199 29 the the DT 31113 1199 30 city city NN 31113 1199 31 " " '' 31113 1199 32 . . . 31113 1200 1 ( ( -LRB- 31113 1200 2 p. p. NN 31113 1201 1 481 481 CD 31113 1201 2 . . . 31113 1201 3 ) ) -RRB- 31113 1202 1 APPENDIX APPENDIX NNP 31113 1202 2 B. B. NNP 31113 1203 1 PROMOTIONS promotion NNS 31113 1203 2 OF of IN 31113 1203 3 ENLISTED enlisted JJ 31113 1203 4 MEN man NNS 31113 1203 5 OF of IN 31113 1203 6 THE the DT 31113 1203 7 COMPANY COMPANY NNP 31113 1203 8 . . . 31113 1204 1 TEPE TEPE NNP 31113 1204 2 AGUALCO AGUALCO NNP 31113 1204 3 , , , 31113 1204 4 MEXICO MEXICO NNP 31113 1204 5 , , , 31113 1204 6 _ _ NNP 31113 1204 7 May May NNP 31113 1204 8 4 4 CD 31113 1204 9 , , , 31113 1204 10 1847 1847 CD 31113 1204 11 _ _ NNP 31113 1204 12 . . . 31113 1205 1 _ _ NNP 31113 1205 2 Colonel Colonel NNP 31113 1205 3 JOSEPH JOSEPH NNP 31113 1205 4 G. G. NNP 31113 1205 5 TOTTEN TOTTEN NNP 31113 1205 6 _ _ NNP 31113 1205 7 , , , 31113 1205 8 _ _ NNP 31113 1205 9 Chief Chief NNP 31113 1205 10 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 1205 11 _ _ NNP 31113 1205 12 , , , 31113 1205 13 _ _ NNP 31113 1205 14 Washington Washington NNP 31113 1205 15 City City NNP 31113 1205 16 _ _ NNP 31113 1205 17 . . . 31113 1206 1 SIR SIR NNP 31113 1206 2 : : : 31113 1206 3 " " `` 31113 1206 4 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1206 5 have have VBP 31113 1206 6 the the DT 31113 1206 7 honor honor NN 31113 1206 8 to to TO 31113 1206 9 inform inform VB 31113 1206 10 you -PRON- PRP 31113 1206 11 that that DT 31113 1206 12 , , , 31113 1206 13 on on IN 31113 1206 14 the the DT 31113 1206 15 25th 25th NN 31113 1206 16 of of IN 31113 1206 17 April April NNP 31113 1206 18 , , , 31113 1206 19 First First NNP 31113 1206 20 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1206 21 Hastings Hastings NNP 31113 1206 22 of of IN 31113 1206 23 ' ' `` 31113 1206 24 K k NN 31113 1206 25 ' ' '' 31113 1206 26 Company Company NNP 31113 1206 27 , , , 31113 1206 28 Third Third NNP 31113 1206 29 Artillery Artillery NNP 31113 1206 30 , , , 31113 1206 31 was be VBD 31113 1206 32 , , , 31113 1206 33 by by IN 31113 1206 34 order order NN 31113 1206 35 of of IN 31113 1206 36 General General NNP 31113 1206 37 Worth Worth NNP 31113 1206 38 , , , 31113 1206 39 transferred transfer VBN 31113 1206 40 to to IN 31113 1206 41 the the DT 31113 1206 42 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 1206 43 Corps Corps NNP 31113 1206 44 , , , 31113 1206 45 subject subject JJ 31113 1206 46 to to IN 31113 1206 47 the the DT 31113 1206 48 approval approval NN 31113 1206 49 of of IN 31113 1206 50 the the DT 31113 1206 51 Commander Commander NNP 31113 1206 52 - - HYPH 31113 1206 53 in in IN 31113 1206 54 - - HYPH 31113 1206 55 Chief chief NN 31113 1206 56 . . . 31113 1207 1 " " `` 31113 1207 2 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1207 3 Hastings Hastings NNP 31113 1207 4 has have VBZ 31113 1207 5 the the DT 31113 1207 6 reputation reputation NN 31113 1207 7 of of IN 31113 1207 8 being be VBG 31113 1207 9 one one CD 31113 1207 10 of of IN 31113 1207 11 the the DT 31113 1207 12 best good JJS 31113 1207 13 first first JJ 31113 1207 14 sergeants sergeant NNS 31113 1207 15 in in IN 31113 1207 16 the the DT 31113 1207 17 army army NN 31113 1207 18 . . . 31113 1208 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1208 2 was be VBD 31113 1208 3 for for IN 31113 1208 4 7 7 CD 31113 1208 5 or or CC 31113 1208 6 8 8 CD 31113 1208 7 years year NNS 31113 1208 8 orderly orderly JJ 31113 1208 9 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1208 10 in in IN 31113 1208 11 the the DT 31113 1208 12 Second Second NNP 31113 1208 13 Infantry Infantry NNP 31113 1208 14 . . . 31113 1209 1 He -PRON- PRP 31113 1209 2 is be VBZ 31113 1209 3 an an DT 31113 1209 4 intimate intimate JJ 31113 1209 5 friend friend NN 31113 1209 6 of of IN 31113 1209 7 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1209 8 Everett;[6 Everett;[6 NNP 31113 1209 9 ] ] -RRB- 31113 1209 10 is be VBZ 31113 1209 11 a a DT 31113 1209 12 well well RB 31113 1209 13 educated educate VBN 31113 1209 14 man man NN 31113 1209 15 , , , 31113 1209 16 very very RB 31113 1209 17 intelligent intelligent JJ 31113 1209 18 ; ; : 31113 1209 19 a a DT 31113 1209 20 remarkably remarkably RB 31113 1209 21 fine fine JJ 31113 1209 22 looking look VBG 31113 1209 23 soldier soldier NN 31113 1209 24 , , , 31113 1209 25 a a DT 31113 1209 26 good good JJ 31113 1209 27 drill drill NN 31113 1209 28 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1209 29 . . . 31113 1210 1 " " `` 31113 1210 2 By by IN 31113 1210 3 birth birth NN 31113 1210 4 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1210 5 is be VBZ 31113 1210 6 an an DT 31113 1210 7 Irishman Irishman NNP 31113 1210 8 -- -- : 31113 1210 9 he -PRON- PRP 31113 1210 10 came come VBD 31113 1210 11 to to IN 31113 1210 12 this this DT 31113 1210 13 country country NN 31113 1210 14 quite quite RB 31113 1210 15 young young JJ 31113 1210 16 , , , 31113 1210 17 and and CC 31113 1210 18 was be VBD 31113 1210 19 brought bring VBN 31113 1210 20 up up RP 31113 1210 21 in in IN 31113 1210 22 Po'keepsie Po'keepsie NNP 31113 1210 23 , , , 31113 1210 24 N. N. NNP 31113 1210 25 Y. Y. NNP 31113 1211 1 " " `` 31113 1211 2 We -PRON- PRP 31113 1211 3 were be VBD 31113 1211 4 very very RB 31113 1211 5 much much RB 31113 1211 6 in in IN 31113 1211 7 want want NN 31113 1211 8 of of IN 31113 1211 9 an an DT 31113 1211 10 orderly orderly JJ 31113 1211 11 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1211 12 . . . 31113 1212 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1212 2 think think VBP 31113 1212 3 there there EX 31113 1212 4 can can MD 31113 1212 5 be be VB 31113 1212 6 no no RB 31113 1212 7 doubt doubt RB 31113 1212 8 but but CC 31113 1212 9 we -PRON- PRP 31113 1212 10 have have VBP 31113 1212 11 secured secure VBN 31113 1212 12 a a DT 31113 1212 13 prize prize NN 31113 1212 14 . . . 31113 1213 1 " " `` 31113 1213 2 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1213 3 would would MD 31113 1213 4 be be VB 31113 1213 5 glad glad JJ 31113 1213 6 if if IN 31113 1213 7 you -PRON- PRP 31113 1213 8 would would MD 31113 1213 9 send send VB 31113 1213 10 a a DT 31113 1213 11 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1213 12 's 's POS 31113 1213 13 warrant warrant NN 31113 1213 14 for for IN 31113 1213 15 David David NNP 31113 1213 16 H. H. NNP 31113 1213 17 Hastings Hastings NNP 31113 1213 18 . . . 31113 1214 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1214 2 respectfully respectfully RB 31113 1214 3 recommend recommend VBP 31113 1214 4 the the DT 31113 1214 5 following follow VBG 31113 1214 6 promotions promotion NNS 31113 1214 7 and and CC 31113 1214 8 appointments appointment NNS 31113 1214 9 in in IN 31113 1214 10 the the DT 31113 1214 11 engineer engineer NN 31113 1214 12 company company NN 31113 1214 13 : : : 31113 1214 14 Corporal Corporal NNP 31113 1214 15 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 31113 1214 16 W. W. NNP 31113 1214 17 Coit Coit NNP 31113 1214 18 , , , 31113 1214 19 acting act VBG 31113 1214 20 lance lance NN 31113 1214 21 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1214 22 since since IN 31113 1214 23 1st 1st NN 31113 1214 24 of of IN 31113 1214 25 February February NNP 31113 1214 26 , , , 31113 1214 27 to to TO 31113 1214 28 be be VB 31113 1214 29 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1214 30 from from IN 31113 1214 31 February February NNP 31113 1214 32 1st 1st NN 31113 1214 33 , , , 31113 1214 34 1847 1847 CD 31113 1214 35 : : : 31113 1214 36 Artificer Artificer NNP 31113 1214 37 Charles Charles NNP 31113 1214 38 A. a. NN 31113 1214 39 Viregg Viregg NNP 31113 1214 40 , , , 31113 1214 41 lance lance NN 31113 1214 42 corporal corporal NN 31113 1214 43 since since IN 31113 1214 44 1st 1st NN 31113 1214 45 of of IN 31113 1214 46 February February NNP 31113 1214 47 , , , 31113 1214 48 to to TO 31113 1214 49 be be VB 31113 1214 50 corporal corporal JJ 31113 1214 51 from from IN 31113 1214 52 February February NNP 31113 1214 53 1st 1st NN 31113 1214 54 , , , 31113 1214 55 1847 1847 CD 31113 1214 56 : : : 31113 1214 57 Artificer Artificer NNP 31113 1214 58 Ethan Ethan NNP 31113 1214 59 T. T. NNP 31113 1214 60 Sheldon Sheldon NNP 31113 1214 61 , , , 31113 1214 62 lance lance NN 31113 1214 63 corporal corporal NN 31113 1214 64 since since IN 31113 1214 65 1st 1st NN 31113 1214 66 of of IN 31113 1214 67 February February NNP 31113 1214 68 , , , 31113 1214 69 to to TO 31113 1214 70 be be VB 31113 1214 71 corporal corporal JJ 31113 1214 72 from from IN 31113 1214 73 February February NNP 31113 1214 74 1st 1st NN 31113 1214 75 , , , 31113 1214 76 1847 1847 CD 31113 1214 77 : : : 31113 1214 78 Artificer Artificer NNP 31113 1214 79 William William NNP 31113 1214 80 A. A. NNP 31113 1214 81 Noyes Noyes NNP 31113 1214 82 , , , 31113 1214 83 to to TO 31113 1214 84 be be VB 31113 1214 85 corporal corporal JJ 31113 1214 86 from from IN 31113 1214 87 the the DT 31113 1214 88 18th 18th NN 31113 1214 89 of of IN 31113 1214 90 April April NNP 31113 1214 91 , , , 31113 1214 92 1847 1847 CD 31113 1214 93 : : : 31113 1214 94 " " `` 31113 1214 95 Privates Privates NNP 31113 1214 96 Charles Charles NNP 31113 1214 97 A. A. NNP 31113 1215 1 Pierce pierce NN 31113 1215 2 , , , 31113 1215 3 Jacob Jacob NNP 31113 1215 4 T. T. NNP 31113 1215 5 Smith Smith NNP 31113 1215 6 , , , 31113 1215 7 Benjamin Benjamin NNP 31113 1215 8 L. L. NNP 31113 1215 9 Boomer Boomer NNP 31113 1215 10 , , , 31113 1215 11 Edwin Edwin NNP 31113 1215 12 M. M. NNP 31113 1215 13 Holloway Holloway NNP 31113 1215 14 , , , 31113 1215 15 James James NNP 31113 1215 16 Brannan Brannan NNP 31113 1215 17 , , , 31113 1215 18 Joseph Joseph NNP 31113 1215 19 A. a. NN 31113 1215 20 Mower Mower NNP 31113 1215 21 , , , 31113 1215 22 David David NNP 31113 1215 23 P. P. NNP 31113 1215 24 Weaver Weaver NNP 31113 1215 25 , , , 31113 1215 26 Thomas Thomas NNP 31113 1215 27 Bigley Bigley NNP 31113 1215 28 , , , 31113 1215 29 Seth Seth NNP 31113 1215 30 H. H. NNP 31113 1215 31 Taylor Taylor NNP 31113 1215 32 , , , 31113 1215 33 and and CC 31113 1215 34 Charles Charles NNP 31113 1215 35 A. A. NNP 31113 1215 36 Porter Porter NNP 31113 1215 37 , , , 31113 1215 38 to to TO 31113 1215 39 be be VB 31113 1215 40 artificers artificer NNS 31113 1215 41 from from IN 31113 1215 42 the the DT 31113 1215 43 29th 29th NN 31113 1215 44 of of IN 31113 1215 45 March March NNP 31113 1215 46 , , , 31113 1215 47 1847 1847 CD 31113 1215 48 : : : 31113 1215 49 " " `` 31113 1215 50 Musician Musician NNP 31113 1215 51 Frederick Frederick NNP 31113 1215 52 W. W. NNP 31113 1215 53 Gerber Gerber NNP 31113 1215 54 to to TO 31113 1215 55 be be VB 31113 1215 56 artificer artificer NN 31113 1215 57 from from IN 31113 1215 58 the the DT 31113 1215 59 18th 18th NN 31113 1215 60 of of IN 31113 1215 61 April April NNP 31113 1215 62 , , , 31113 1215 63 1847 1847 CD 31113 1215 64 : : : 31113 1215 65 " " `` 31113 1215 66 Privates Privates NNPS 31113 1215 67 Augustus Augustus NNP 31113 1215 68 B. B. NNP 31113 1215 69 Hussey Hussey NNP 31113 1215 70 , , , 31113 1215 71 James James NNP 31113 1215 72 B. B. NNP 31113 1215 73 Vansant Vansant NNP 31113 1215 74 , , , 31113 1215 75 and and CC 31113 1215 76 William William NNP 31113 1215 77 S. S. NNP 31113 1215 78 Bliss Bliss NNP 31113 1215 79 , , , 31113 1215 80 to to TO 31113 1215 81 be be VB 31113 1215 82 artificers artificer NNS 31113 1215 83 from from IN 31113 1215 84 the the DT 31113 1215 85 29th 29th NN 31113 1215 86 of of IN 31113 1215 87 March March NNP 31113 1215 88 , , , 31113 1215 89 1847 1847 CD 31113 1215 90 : : : 31113 1215 91 " " `` 31113 1215 92 Corporal Corporal NNP 31113 1215 93 William William NNP 31113 1215 94 Bartlett Bartlett NNP 31113 1215 95 , , , 31113 1215 96 reduced reduce VBN 31113 1215 97 to to IN 31113 1215 98 the the DT 31113 1215 99 grade grade NN 31113 1215 100 of of IN 31113 1215 101 artificer artificer NN 31113 1215 102 , , , 31113 1215 103 May May NNP 31113 1215 104 1st 1st NN 31113 1215 105 , , , 31113 1215 106 1847 1847 CD 31113 1215 107 : : : 31113 1215 108 " " `` 31113 1215 109 Artificer Artificer NNP 31113 1215 110 Hiram Hiram NNP 31113 1215 111 B. B. NNP 31113 1215 112 Yeager Yeager NNP 31113 1215 113 to to TO 31113 1215 114 be be VB 31113 1215 115 corporal corporal JJ 31113 1215 116 from from IN 31113 1215 117 May May NNP 31113 1215 118 1st 1st NN 31113 1215 119 , , , 31113 1215 120 1847 1847 CD 31113 1215 121 : : : 31113 1215 122 " " `` 31113 1215 123 Artificer Artificer NNP 31113 1215 124 Charles Charles NNP 31113 1215 125 W. W. NNP 31113 1215 126 Bont Bont NNP 31113 1215 127 reduced reduce VBD 31113 1215 128 to to IN 31113 1215 129 the the DT 31113 1215 130 grade grade NN 31113 1215 131 of of IN 31113 1215 132 second second JJ 31113 1215 133 class class NN 31113 1215 134 private private JJ 31113 1215 135 from from IN 31113 1215 136 May May NNP 31113 1215 137 1st 1st NN 31113 1215 138 , , , 31113 1215 139 1847 1847 CD 31113 1215 140 : : : 31113 1215 141 " " `` 31113 1215 142 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1215 143 respectfully respectfully RB 31113 1215 144 call call VBP 31113 1215 145 to to IN 31113 1215 146 the the DT 31113 1215 147 attention attention NN 31113 1215 148 of of IN 31113 1215 149 the the DT 31113 1215 150 Chief Chief NNP 31113 1215 151 Engineer Engineer NNP 31113 1215 152 the the DT 31113 1215 153 fact fact NN 31113 1215 154 that that IN 31113 1215 155 , , , 31113 1215 156 in in IN 31113 1215 157 accordance accordance NN 31113 1215 158 with with IN 31113 1215 159 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1215 160 suggestion suggestion NN 31113 1215 161 , , , 31113 1215 162 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1215 163 have have VBP 31113 1215 164 delayed delay VBN 31113 1215 165 making make VBG 31113 1215 166 the the DT 31113 1215 167 above above JJ 31113 1215 168 recommendations recommendation NNS 31113 1215 169 , , , 31113 1215 170 and and CC 31113 1215 171 now now RB 31113 1215 172 urge urge VB 31113 1215 173 them -PRON- PRP 31113 1215 174 as as IN 31113 1215 175 my -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1215 176 deliberate deliberate JJ 31113 1215 177 opinion opinion NN 31113 1215 178 . . . 31113 1216 1 I -PRON- PRP 31113 1216 2 hope hope VBP 31113 1216 3 they -PRON- PRP 31113 1216 4 will will MD 31113 1216 5 be be VB 31113 1216 6 favorably favorably RB 31113 1216 7 acted act VBN 31113 1216 8 upon upon IN 31113 1216 9 . . . 31113 1217 1 " " `` 31113 1217 2 My -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1217 3 monthly monthly JJ 31113 1217 4 return return NN 31113 1217 5 for for IN 31113 1217 6 April April NNP 31113 1217 7 shows show VBZ 31113 1217 8 a a DT 31113 1217 9 total total NN 31113 1217 10 of of IN 31113 1217 11 sixty sixty CD 31113 1217 12 - - HYPH 31113 1217 13 two two CD 31113 1217 14 . . . 31113 1218 1 My -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1218 2 recommendations recommendation NNS 31113 1218 3 make make VBP 31113 1218 4 , , , 31113 1218 5 in in IN 31113 1218 6 the the DT 31113 1218 7 company company NN 31113 1218 8 , , , 31113 1218 9 six six CD 31113 1218 10 sergeants sergeant NNS 31113 1218 11 , , , 31113 1218 12 six six CD 31113 1218 13 corporals corporal NNS 31113 1218 14 , , , 31113 1218 15 one one CD 31113 1218 16 musician musician NN 31113 1218 17 , , , 31113 1218 18 twenty twenty CD 31113 1218 19 - - HYPH 31113 1218 20 three three CD 31113 1218 21 artificers artificer NNS 31113 1218 22 and and CC 31113 1218 23 twenty twenty CD 31113 1218 24 - - HYPH 31113 1218 25 six six CD 31113 1218 26 second second JJ 31113 1218 27 class class NN 31113 1218 28 privates private NNS 31113 1218 29 " " '' 31113 1218 30 . . . 31113 1219 1 Very very RB 31113 1219 2 respectfully respectfully RB 31113 1219 3 , , , 31113 1219 4 Your -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1219 5 obdt obdt NNS 31113 1219 6 . . . 31113 1220 1 servt servt NNP 31113 1220 2 . . NNP 31113 1220 3 , , , 31113 1220 4 GUS GUS NNP 31113 1220 5 . . . 31113 1221 1 W. W. NNP 31113 1221 2 SMITH SMITH NNP 31113 1221 3 , , , 31113 1221 4 _ _ NNP 31113 1221 5 Lieut Lieut NNP 31113 1221 6 . . . 31113 1221 7 , , , 31113 1221 8 Comdg Comdg NNP 31113 1221 9 . . . 31113 1222 1 Engr Engr NNP 31113 1222 2 . . . 31113 1223 1 Co. Co. NNP 31113 1223 2 _ _ NNP 31113 1223 3 The the DT 31113 1223 4 foregoing forego VBG 31113 1223 5 recommendations recommendation NNS 31113 1223 6 were be VBD 31113 1223 7 approved approve VBN 31113 1223 8 and and CC 31113 1223 9 the the DT 31113 1223 10 appointments appointment NNS 31113 1223 11 were be VBD 31113 1223 12 received receive VBN 31113 1223 13 whilst whilst IN 31113 1223 14 the the DT 31113 1223 15 company company NN 31113 1223 16 was be VBD 31113 1223 17 in in IN 31113 1223 18 the the DT 31113 1223 19 city city NN 31113 1223 20 of of IN 31113 1223 21 Puebla Puebla NNP 31113 1223 22 . . . 31113 1224 1 Soon soon RB 31113 1224 2 after after IN 31113 1224 3 the the DT 31113 1224 4 war war NN 31113 1224 5 ended end VBD 31113 1224 6 , , , 31113 1224 7 Sergeants Sergeants NNP 31113 1224 8 Hastings Hastings NNP 31113 1224 9 , , , 31113 1224 10 Starr Starr NNP 31113 1224 11 and and CC 31113 1224 12 Everett Everett NNP 31113 1224 13 were be VBD 31113 1224 14 promoted promote VBN 31113 1224 15 to to TO 31113 1224 16 be be VB 31113 1224 17 commissioned commission VBN 31113 1224 18 officers officer NNS 31113 1224 19 in in IN 31113 1224 20 the the DT 31113 1224 21 " " `` 31113 1224 22 Old Old NNP 31113 1224 23 Regular Regular NNP 31113 1224 24 Army Army NNP 31113 1224 25 " " '' 31113 1224 26 of of IN 31113 1224 27 the the DT 31113 1224 28 United United NNP 31113 1224 29 States States NNP 31113 1224 30 . . . 31113 1225 1 Later later RB 31113 1225 2 , , , 31113 1225 3 Sergeant Sergeant NNP 31113 1225 4 Warren Warren NNP 31113 1225 5 L. L. NNP 31113 1225 6 Lothrop Lothrop NNP 31113 1225 7 was be VBD 31113 1225 8 given give VBN 31113 1225 9 a a DT 31113 1225 10 commission commission NN 31113 1225 11 in in IN 31113 1225 12 that that DT 31113 1225 13 army army NN 31113 1225 14 . . . 31113 1226 1 FOOTNOTE FOOTNOTE NNS 31113 1226 2 : : : 31113 1226 3 [ [ -LRB- 31113 1226 4 6 6 CD 31113 1226 5 ] ] -RRB- 31113 1226 6 Thornton Thornton NNP 31113 1226 7 S. S. NNP 31113 1226 8 Everett Everett NNP 31113 1226 9 was be VBD 31113 1226 10 property property NN 31113 1226 11 sergeant sergeant NN 31113 1226 12 of of IN 31113 1226 13 the the DT 31113 1226 14 engineer engineer NN 31113 1226 15 company company NN 31113 1226 16 ; ; : 31113 1226 17 had have VBD 31113 1226 18 charge charge NN 31113 1226 19 of of IN 31113 1226 20 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1226 21 train train NN 31113 1226 22 from from IN 31113 1226 23 the the DT 31113 1226 24 time time NN 31113 1226 25 of of IN 31113 1226 26 his -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1226 27 enlistment enlistment NN 31113 1226 28 in in IN 31113 1226 29 the the DT 31113 1226 30 company company NN 31113 1226 31 until until IN 31113 1226 32 its -PRON- PRP$ 31113 1226 33 return return NN 31113 1226 34 to to IN 31113 1226 35 West West NNP 31113 1226 36 Point Point NNP 31113 1226 37 ; ; : 31113 1226 38 and and CC 31113 1226 39 , , , 31113 1226 40 in in IN 31113 1226 41 addition addition NN 31113 1226 42 , , , 31113 1226 43 had have VBD 31113 1226 44 charge charge NN 31113 1226 45 , , , 31113 1226 46 in in IN 31113 1226 47 Mexico Mexico NNP 31113 1226 48 , , , 31113 1226 49 of of IN 31113 1226 50 the the DT 31113 1226 51 general general JJ 31113 1226 52 engineer engineer NN 31113 1226 53 train train NN 31113 1226 54 of of IN 31113 1226 55 the the DT 31113 1226 56 army army NN 31113 1226 57 . . . 31113 1227 1 + + NFP 31113 1227 2 ------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------+ NNP 31113 1227 3 | | NNP 31113 1227 4 Transcriber Transcriber NNP 31113 1227 5 's 's POS 31113 1227 6 Note note NN 31113 1227 7 : : : 31113 1227 8 | | NNP 31113 1227 9 | | CD 31113 1227 10 | | CD 31113 1227 11 | | NNP 31113 1227 12 Typographical typographical JJ 31113 1227 13 errors error NNS 31113 1227 14 corrected correct VBN 31113 1227 15 in in IN 31113 1227 16 the the DT 31113 1227 17 text text NN 31113 1227 18 : : : 31113 1227 19 | | NNP 31113 1227 20 | | CD 31113 1227 21 | | CD 31113 1227 22 | | NNP 31113 1227 23 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 24 8 8 CD 31113 1227 25 a a DT 31113 1227 26 changed change VBN 31113 1227 27 to to IN 31113 1227 28 at at IN 31113 1227 29 | | CD 31113 1227 30 | | NNP 31113 1227 31 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 32 9 9 CD 31113 1227 33 Camargo Camargo NNP 31113 1227 34 changed change VBD 31113 1227 35 to to IN 31113 1227 36 Carmargo Carmargo NNP 31113 1227 37 | | NNP 31113 1227 38 | | NNP 31113 1227 39 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 40 10 10 CD 31113 1227 41 Camargo Camargo NNP 31113 1227 42 changed change VBN 31113 1227 43 to to IN 31113 1227 44 Carmargo Carmargo NNP 31113 1227 45 | | NNP 31113 1227 46 | | NNP 31113 1227 47 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 48 11 11 CD 31113 1227 49 montly montly RB 31113 1227 50 changed change VBN 31113 1227 51 to to IN 31113 1227 52 monthly monthly JJ 31113 1227 53 | | NNP 31113 1227 54 | | NNP 31113 1227 55 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 56 11 11 CD 31113 1227 57 chapparel chapparel NN 31113 1227 58 changed change VBD 31113 1227 59 to to IN 31113 1227 60 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 61 | | NNP 31113 1227 62 | | NNP 31113 1227 63 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 64 12 12 CD 31113 1227 65 chapparal chapparal NN 31113 1227 66 changed change VBN 31113 1227 67 to to IN 31113 1227 68 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 69 | | NNP 31113 1227 70 | | NNP 31113 1227 71 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 72 12 12 CD 31113 1227 73 referrred referrre VBD 31113 1227 74 changed change VBD 31113 1227 75 to to IN 31113 1227 76 referred refer VBN 31113 1227 77 | | CD 31113 1227 78 | | NNP 31113 1227 79 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 80 13 13 CD 31113 1227 81 extravagent extravagent NN 31113 1227 82 changed change VBN 31113 1227 83 to to IN 31113 1227 84 extravagant extravagant JJ 31113 1227 85 | | NNP 31113 1227 86 | | NNP 31113 1227 87 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 88 15 15 CD 31113 1227 89 chapparal chapparal NN 31113 1227 90 changed change VBN 31113 1227 91 to to IN 31113 1227 92 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 93 | | NNP 31113 1227 94 | | NNP 31113 1227 95 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 96 20 20 CD 31113 1227 97 relinguished relinguishe VBN 31113 1227 98 changed change VBD 31113 1227 99 to to IN 31113 1227 100 relinquished relinquish VBN 31113 1227 101 | | NNP 31113 1227 102 | | NNP 31113 1227 103 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 104 21 21 CD 31113 1227 105 chapparal chapparal NN 31113 1227 106 changed change VBN 31113 1227 107 to to IN 31113 1227 108 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 109 | | NNP 31113 1227 110 | | NNP 31113 1227 111 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 112 22 22 CD 31113 1227 113 chapparal chapparal NN 31113 1227 114 changed change VBN 31113 1227 115 to to IN 31113 1227 116 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 117 | | NNP 31113 1227 118 | | NNP 31113 1227 119 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 120 27 27 CD 31113 1227 121 chapparal chapparal NN 31113 1227 122 changed change VBN 31113 1227 123 to to IN 31113 1227 124 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 125 | | NNP 31113 1227 126 | | NNP 31113 1227 127 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 128 28 28 CD 31113 1227 129 Twigg Twigg NNP 31113 1227 130 's 's POS 31113 1227 131 changed change VBN 31113 1227 132 to to IN 31113 1227 133 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 1227 134 's 's POS 31113 1227 135 | | NNP 31113 1227 136 | | NNP 31113 1227 137 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 138 29 29 CD 31113 1227 139 chapparal chapparal NN 31113 1227 140 changed change VBN 31113 1227 141 to to IN 31113 1227 142 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 143 | | NNP 31113 1227 144 | | NNP 31113 1227 145 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 146 30 30 CD 31113 1227 147 Twigg Twigg NNP 31113 1227 148 's 's POS 31113 1227 149 changed change VBN 31113 1227 150 to to IN 31113 1227 151 Twiggs Twiggs NNP 31113 1227 152 's 's POS 31113 1227 153 | | NNP 31113 1227 154 | | NNP 31113 1227 155 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 156 31 31 CD 31113 1227 157 hights hight NNS 31113 1227 158 changed change VBN 31113 1227 159 to to IN 31113 1227 160 heights heights NNP 31113 1227 161 | | NNP 31113 1227 162 | | NNP 31113 1227 163 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 164 38 38 CD 31113 1227 165 quite quite RB 31113 1227 166 changed change VBN 31113 1227 167 to to IN 31113 1227 168 quiet quiet JJ 31113 1227 169 | | NNP 31113 1227 170 | | NNP 31113 1227 171 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 172 41 41 CD 31113 1227 173 Coyocan Coyocan NNP 31113 1227 174 changed change VBN 31113 1227 175 to to IN 31113 1227 176 Coyoacan Coyoacan NNP 31113 1227 177 | | NNP 31113 1227 178 | | NNP 31113 1227 179 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 180 44 44 CD 31113 1227 181 Coyocan Coyocan NNP 31113 1227 182 changed change VBN 31113 1227 183 to to IN 31113 1227 184 Coyoacan Coyoacan NNP 31113 1227 185 | | NNP 31113 1227 186 | | NNP 31113 1227 187 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 188 45 45 CD 31113 1227 189 Coyocan Coyocan NNP 31113 1227 190 changed change VBN 31113 1227 191 to to IN 31113 1227 192 Coyoacan Coyoacan NNP 31113 1227 193 | | NNP 31113 1227 194 | | NNP 31113 1227 195 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 196 49 49 CD 31113 1227 197 come come NN 31113 1227 198 changed change VBN 31113 1227 199 to to TO 31113 1227 200 came come VBD 31113 1227 201 | | NNP 31113 1227 202 | | NNP 31113 1227 203 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 204 52 52 CD 31113 1227 205 posession posession NN 31113 1227 206 changed change VBN 31113 1227 207 to to IN 31113 1227 208 possession possession NN 31113 1227 209 | | NNP 31113 1227 210 | | CD 31113 1227 211 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 212 64 64 CD 31113 1227 213 amonnts amonnt NNS 31113 1227 214 changed change VBN 31113 1227 215 to to IN 31113 1227 216 amounts amount NNS 31113 1227 217 | | NNP 31113 1227 218 | | CD 31113 1227 219 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 220 64 64 CD 31113 1227 221 seige seige NN 31113 1227 222 changed change VBN 31113 1227 223 to to TO 31113 1227 224 siege siege VB 31113 1227 225 | | NNP 31113 1227 226 | | CD 31113 1227 227 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 228 64 64 CD 31113 1227 229 indebtness indebtness NN 31113 1227 230 changed change VBN 31113 1227 231 to to IN 31113 1227 232 indebtedness indebtedness VB 31113 1227 233 | | NNP 31113 1227 234 | | NNP 31113 1227 235 Page Page NNP 31113 1227 236 66 66 CD 31113 1227 237 chapparal chapparal NN 31113 1227 238 changed change VBN 31113 1227 239 to to IN 31113 1227 240 chaparral chaparral JJ 31113 1227 241 | | CD 31113 1227 242 + + NNS 31113 1227 243 ------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------+ .