d,
and then Captain Miller, 2d Pennsylvania Volunteers. The storming
party, now commanded by Captain Paul, seconded by Captain
Roberts, of the Rifles, Lieutenant Stewart, and others of the
same regiment, Smith's brigade, carried the two batteries in the
road, took some guns, with many prisoners, and drove the enemy
posted behind in support. The New York and South Carolina
Volunteers (Shields' brigade) and the 2d Pennsylvania Volunteers,
all on the left of Quitman's line, together with portions of his
storming parties, crossed the meadows in front, under a heavy
fire, and entered the outer enclosure of Chapultepec just in time
to join in the final assault from the west.

Besides Major-Generals Pillow and Quitman, Brigadier-Generals
Shields, Smith, and Cadwallader, the following are the officers
and corps most distinguished in those brilliant operations: The
Voltigeur regiment in two detachments, commanded respectively by
Colonel Andrews and Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, the latter
mostly in the lead, accompanied by Major Caldwell; Captains
Barnard and Biddle, of the same regiment, the former the first to
plant a regimental color, and the latter among the first in the
assault; the storming party of Worth's division, under Captain
McKenzie, 2d Artillery, with Lieutenant Selden, 8th Infantry,
early on the ladder and badly wounded; Lieutenant Armistead, 6th
Infantry, the first to leap into the ditch to plant a ladder;
Lieutenants Rodgers of the 4th, and J. P. Smith of the 5th
Infantry, both mortally wounded; the 9th Infantry, under Colonel
Ransom, who was killed while gallantly leading that gallant
regiment, the 15th Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Howard and
Major Woods, with Captain Chase, whose company gallantly carried
the redoubt, midway up the acclivity; Colonel Clarke's brigade
(Worth's division) consisting of the 5th, 8th, and part of the
6th regiments of Infantry, commanded respectively by Captain
Chapman, Major Montgomery, and Lieutenant Edward Johnson, the
latter specially noticed, with Lieutenants Longstreet (badly
wounded, advancing, colors in hand), Pickett, and Merchant, the
last three of the 8th Infantry; portions of the United States (p. 329)
marines, New York, South Carolina, and 2d Pennsylvania
Volunteers, which, delayed