pa road.

Pillow's brigade alone is near me at this depot of wounded, sick,
and prisoners; and I have time only to give from him the names of
1st Lieutenant F. B. Nelson, and 2d Lieutenant C. J. Hill, both
of the 2d Tennessee foot (Haskell's regiment), among the killed,
and in the brigade one hundred and six, of all ranks, killed or
wounded.

Among the latter, the gallant Brigadier-General himself has a
smart wound in the arm, but not disabled; and Major R. Farqueson,
2d Tennessee, Captain H. F. Murray, 2d Lieutenant G. T.
Sutherland, 1st Lieutenant W. P. Hale, Adjutant, all of the same
regiment, severely, and 1st Lieutenant W. Yearwood, mortally
wounded. And I know, from personal observation on the ground,
that 1st Lieutenant Ewell, of the Rifles, if not now dead, was
mortally wounded in entering, sword in hand, the intrenchments
around the captured tower.

Second Lieutenant Derby, Topographical Engineers, I also saw, at
the same place, severely wounded, and Captain Patten, 2d United
States Infantry, lost his right hand. Major Sumner, 2d United
States Dragoons, was slightly wounded the day before, and Captain
Johnston, Topographical Engineers (now Lieutenant-Colonel of
Infantry), was very severely wounded some days earlier while
reconnoitering. I must not omit to add that Captain Mason, and 2d
Lieutenant Davis, both of the rifles, were among the very
severely wounded in storming the same tower.

I estimate our total loss, in killed and wounded, may be about
two hundred and fifty, and that of the enemy at three hundred and
fifty. In the pursuit toward Xalapa (25 miles hence), I learn, we
have added much to the enemy's loss in prisoners, killed and
wounded. In fact, I suppose his retreating army to be nearly
disorganized, and hence my haste to follow, in an hour or two, to
profit by events.

In this hurried and imperfect report I must not omit to say that
Brigadier-General Twiggs, in passing the mountain range beyond
Cerro Gordo, crowned with the tower, detached from his division,
as I suggested the day before, a strong force to carry that
height, which commanded the Xalapa road at the foot, and could
not fail, if carried, to cut off the whole, or any part of the
enemy's forces, from a retreat in any direction.

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