Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-11-05

them lr0m damage from tHe laIe ltesHeF
aud thus aItsr great deIak our citizens
were armed. Mex! powde der and ball must
re prCcured-Ihe balls haE TO be cast In
two pair Of single-hall bu lei moulds; this
again occasiOned great deky The casting
was necessarily a very, blow process
powder was : on procufHa.
Our citizens were assefHbed on Camp
H.l, a heighlh overlooking The Potomac
River eagerly awaiting til tir equipment.
They we're quickly organized as body !
of citizen lrnops, under III command OF
Captain John Avis, Of ChArlestown, Va.
As soon as three rounds kof ammGnliien
were furnished this body bt citizen troops |
they were divided into lohr detachmenls
and ordered 10 lake poslAn at the follow
ing important points arouhd the enemy.
Can't. Wm. II. Moore w{s ordered with a
detachment of 8 men to cross the Pcto-
mac river, az the Old Fufh fhace, mile and
half above llarper's erry west, and
dccend the river on the MARYLAND side,
aud take, if possible, th9 Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad bridge, Which The lns"r'
cents had in their posseIsiOn. At PIrch-
er's mill Can't. Moore received orders 10
stop the trains going eas or west, TO pre-
vent reinlorcements reaching the enemy
by The cars, or the escaEA of the insurgents
by the same means. Ater executing this
order, Moore's comman4 was reinforced
by several gentlemen frop Duiheid's de-
pot, making the entire ioS;e 20 men THIS
force crossed the river, harched to the
bridge, cleared it 10 the Virginia side, XII
ling one man and capturing another pris-
Oner, thus obtaining an lmb0fiaht poihI on
that side Of the town, as Ncul oil The re-
treat OF the outlaws by th9 avenue they
| had entered the town. Cfpl. Moore lei'
one-half Of his force with Lieut.. hnnteT
to hold the bridge, and enfred, With 9TH
ers, the hotel and other buE EIdIngs adjacent
to the Railroad, firing upoA the Insurgents
from the front windows.
Capt. II. RhodeIick, w4h another de-
.achment Of cilizens, was ordered TO take
position at the west end ii the Armory
ya.d. This order he exc }uted promptly
his command killing one 4 The insurgents
that was seen escaping Soss the Potomac
river. The position of Qpt K. preven'
ted lhe escape Of lhe enefy in westerly
direction, thus securing Plat portion ol
the town.
Cap,. II. Modlar, will another detach-
ment Of citizens, vas ord dered TO march
and take position on the Bridge crossing
the Shenandoah river, on the east side OF
the town, which he did, thus cutting ell
the retreat OF the enemy in that direction.
! Capt. MedIar also acted with an lndepen'
dent citizen force whlcH were engaged
with the insurgents at pc Rlhe WORKS
some half nile above Nedlaf's position
The enemy was drivenI from the Rlfe
factory into the river, AID all either Killed
or captGred. Several citizens behaved
with great gallanWy in khis affair, Pursn-
| ing The enemy into thePiver, where they
we've either killed or CO blurred
Commander Avis, With the remainder
of our armed cilizens, pok position i'll the
upper part of Mr.. But&rs house, IN front
of The Arsenal, where bis command Killed
the negro sentinel in DE street, and oy
his sharp shooters cleared the enemy
from the Arsenal, whlfh he immediately
seized and held, thus gaining positions
I, that drove the enemy into The watch
house, and from whifh they could not es'
cape. This was all accomplished by the
cilizens IF Harper's Ferry before assls-
.ance arrived, and VT Gov. Wise sees
tproper to siigmatisehs with cowardlce.
Could he, under lhdcircumst stances, have
made as good arrang gements, and accom-
plishsd The same resb Its
Many acts of ind Adual gallantry on
the part of our ciizcns were performed by
Capt. Chambers andy MIR. Perclval, IN
wha, is called The GpH House, where
they had posted themselves. shooting
down the enemy from p wooden building
that was no barrier from the enemy's
balls. Personal gslantry of Edmond
Chambers and Edward McCabe, who was
shot through .he shoulder, &C., might be
mentioned. H.
sketch OF Capt. Cock.
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