The following is a complete roster of the field and staff officers of the five volunteer regiments from Indiana: FIELD AND STAFF 1ST IND. VOLS. James P. DRAKE, Colonel. Henry S. LANE, First Lieutenant- Colonel. C. C. NAVE, Second Lieutenant-Colonel. William DONALDSON, Major. William PEARSON, Adjutant. C. V. JONES, Surgeon. William FOSDICK, Assistant Surgeon. Delana R. ECKELS, Commissary. James WILSON, Quartermaster. William L. BROWN, Quartermaster. FIELD AND STAFF 2ND IND. VOLS. Joseph LANE, Fist Colonel. William A. BOWLES, Second Colonel. William R. HADDON, Lieutenant-Colonel. James A. CRAVESN, Major. David C. SHANKS, First Adjutant. L. Q. HOGATT, Second Adjutant. Daniel S. LANE, Surgeon. John F. WALKER, Assistant Surgeon. Robert MITCHELL, Quartermaster. FIELD AND STAFF 3RD IND. VOLS. James H. LANE, Colonel. William M. McCARTY, Lieutenant-Colonel. Willis A. GORMAN, Major. N. HAYDEN, commissary. Herman H. BARBOUR, Adjutant. Harrison DALLY, Adjutant. James S. ATHON, Surgeon. John G. DUNN, Assistant Surgeon. FIELD AND STAFF 4TH IND. VOLS. Willis A. GORMAN, Colonel. Ebenezer DUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel. William W. McCOY, Major. Martin M. VanDUSEN, Adjutant. Noble HAMILTON, Quartermaster. FIELD AND STAFF 5TH REGT. VOLS. James H. LANE, Colonel. Allen MAY, Lieut.-Colonel. John M. MYERS, Major. James BAKER, Quartermaster. James S. ATHON, Surgeon. P. G. JONES, Asst. Surgeon. John M. LORD, Adjutant. THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA. At the request of some of the descendants of the men who took part in the Mexican War from Lawrence County, which was occurred over half a century ago, the writer of this article has undertaken to lay before the readers of the MAIL, the facts of their service; and especially to compile from the most reliable authority and through personal interviews with men now living who participated in the battle of Buena Vista, the true facts concerning that battle. The reader will bear in mind that ever since that war much unfavorable comment has been indulged in relative to the conduct of the Second Indiana regiment. The persons interviewed are among the most intelligent, truthful and trustworthy survivors of that battle. In the first place, Gen. Zachary TAYLOR's report to the War Department relative to the said regiment, as well as Jefferson DAVIS' report, criticized their action in the severest terms. The officers and privates of both the 2d and 3d regiments, after failing to induce TAYLOR to revise and modify his official report, demanded a Court of Inquiry immediately after the battle. The said Court of Inquiry composed of officers of the various regiments which took part in the battle, concluded their verdict with the following finding, in substance: They acquitted the men and officers of the charge of cowardice, but severely criticized Col. Wm. A. BOWLES, the official Colonel of the regiment but who was not on duty that day, for want of knowledge of military maneuvers, which resulted in the rout and precipitate retreat of the regiment. Gen. TAYLOR refused to sign the report of the Court of Inquiry, justifying his action on the report of Jefferson DAVIS, the Colonel of the Mississippi Rifles. DAVIS' official report to Gen. TAYLOR was in the following words relative to the 2d Indiana: "At a critical moment in the action in the afternoon of the 23d, the 2d Indiana regiment ingloriously fled and took no further part in the action, excepting a handful, who under the gallant Colonel BOWLES, joined my regiment and fought gallantly during the remainder of the day." This report went into history as the true facts of the conduct of this regiment. The historians of the war, sticking to Gen. TAYLOR's and Col. Jefferson DAVIS' reports, and totally ignoring the action of the Court of Inquiry, have placed a stigma upon Indiana which half a century of time has scarcely effaced. As an elucidation of the unfavorable character of the historians' comments, the writer hereof will be pardoned for the statement of a fact which all well informed people know to be correct, namely, that the writers of nearly all our school histories were residents of New England, a section which has always entertained a strong prejudice against the West, and Indiana in particular. Besides, another fact is well known, that New England has never been over loyal to the constituted authorities in any war which the United States has been engaged in, save one. I have recently interviewed four survivors of the battle of Buena Vista for the purpose of obtaining correct information concerning the part taken by the 2d Indiana regiment, namely, Capt. Isaac CAROTHERS, (then first sergeant of Capt. DAVIS' Co.), Judge A. B. CARLTON of the same company, now living in Terre Haute, Major James R. MULKY, then a private in Capt. SANDERSON's company of the 2d Indiana, and Gen. Lew WALLACE, who also belonged to the second regiment. These gentlemen all agree to the following facts: A few days before the battle Gen. TAYLOR's army numbering about 4500 men, nearly all volunteers, moved forward from Saltillo in the direction of San Luis Potosi. The army reached a small village about 25 miles from Saltillo, called Agua Nueva. Gen. TAYLOR having previously sent forward a small reconnoitering cavalry force under Majors GAINES and BOLAND. This force comprised about 60 men, Kentuckians and Arkansans. This force was surrounded at Encarnacion, by a vastly superior force, the advance guard of SANTA ANNA's army of 23,000 men; were captured and taken to the city of Mexico. One man (Capt. HENRIE) escaped from the Mexicans and brought the word to Gen. TAYLOR that the reconnoitering party had been captured. Capt. Ben. McCOLLOUGH, of the Texas Rangers, was dispatched to get definite information of the approach of SANTA ANNA. His company returned, and Gen. TAYLOR fell back and took position on the plateau of the village of Buena Vista, to the north of the pass of Angostura on the afternoon of the 21st of February.