On the 7th of September I received orders to move the company, its train, and the general engineer train of the army to Tacubaya.
Señorita,” reported José, “the gentleman you sent me to inquire about is not in Tacubaya.
The new house which Don Manuel has built at Tacubaya is decidedly the finest palace in the republic.
Hence Tacubaya, a strong village overawing Chapultepec, became the key point of the whole operation.
Pierce then proceeded to the quarters of General Worth, in the village of Tacubaya, where he obtained an hour or two of repose.
