Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-03
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his wife. The letter was not design ed for publea-
ton, ut as rhmors of defeats and losses in Generals
FIoEDs and SEIsk's Bfigaaes have had extensive re-
circulation, the extract was Furnished by a FRIEND
in order to correct the erroneous impressions that
have gotten abrpsdln the country, It IS dated at
Camp Gauley, ;" near Someryille, Nicholas county.
August 23l:
Il have been constantly moving since my last
letter, and have crossed Gauley river and occu-
pied the important position recently held by the
enemy. t-a4s4 q tsfa f5essseas ilfR ,i.aar - .
eve have had some skirinishing upon our pickets
on our march, but not amounting to- much. : We
had three men wounded in Captain Buchanan's
company. Our scouts killed and wounded twenty
or thirty of the enemy, and took some prisoners
5ssNe sre expecting now, in few days, to make
some decisive movement against Gen. Cox in the
Kausvha Valley, Up. To- this time my advance has
been extremely prosperous, and hope beneficial to
the public Service If can succeed in driving the
Yankees from the Kanawha Yalley,I will have done
essential service to the State = 1s.e,ss,
30 The Richmond Eransiasr of the 18th nit says:
1t pot improper to state since the faeShas been
accomplished, that the supplies of our forces In
Western irginia, with all needfui military stoees,
have now been fully accomplished through the
Qaartermasteris department hertf. The last shin
mpnt was made on TUESDAY. Oar army in the
West is now fully proyisioned and equipped for
forward and decisive movements.
"A proclamation of General Rosencranz, of the
Goth instant dated at Oiarksburg as his headquar-
tsrs invites the aid Of the press to prevent. our
forces from learning throughi the position, strength
and movements of the troops under his command
Our forces, however, are thoroughly well advised
of all these particulars. We learn positively that
few days ago the pickets of the opposing armies
were in sight of each other. we may expect news
of sn action or cspitulation at any moment
/ The Richmond Es1Haiaer OF the 30th ule says.
"a report was in general circulation in the city
last night Of an attack on Gen Floyd's column in
Western Virginia with different statements Of the
disaster on our side aud that of the enemy. 7.
The different accounts of the occurrence appear
TO have been derived from statement brought here
last night byth mil agent on the Central road
HIS statement is that Gen Fluyds brigade had
lew days since been surprised BY the enemy, who
We're concealed. aud that twenty five of our men
had been killed The next dey Gen, Fleyds forces
are reported TO have attacked the enemy with sue
cess The extent of the Federal loss was not known
but we are said to have takenl75 prisoners. and to
have captured 80 wagons lsden with provisions.
The Richmond Dispatca of the 3lst ult. says: 4a.7
'Advices from Gen Floyds command. dated Fri
day, 23i August, at Camp Gauley, have been re.
eeived in this city. They not late the enc
myis dispatches from Cincinnati, but make more
clear our movements in that quarter. Camp eau
ley Is below Summeryiile. Gauley river, in
Nichylss county. The writer says: 1--WE have been
constantly moving for week, and have crossed
the tTduieY river anu occupied l0e important
position recently held by the emmy. We
have had some skirmishiHg upon our pickets on
our march, but not amounting to much. We ha d
three men wounded in Captain Buchanans's cOmpa.
nv. Our scouts killed and wounded twenty or
thirty of the enemy and took some prisoners every
day. We are now expecting to make adhesive
movement against Gen. Cox in the Kanawha Valley.
Up to fhisitime our advance has been extremely
prosperous and we think beneficial to the public
service II we can succeed in driving the Yankees
rl1oN el1alf boNyn
sential service to the State. We have been passing
over the widest and toughest region of the State [
have ever seen. Our tolls have been great, but the
people of the brigade have borne them without
single muFmur. 1 have been out Of house every
night, aud for some days together, without tent,
and in continued rains for days and nights at a
time, without any injury TO health whatever. We
captured the enemy s mail, out of which we took
the endorsed letter and many huRdred others.
This letter thus gives the lie to stories from Cincin-
natl of numerous killings and captures of our forces
by the Yankees in the Ksnswha country;
The decisive movement" spoken OF by the wri-
ter seems to have been made, as the enemys tele-
graph from Cincinnati of the 9th says that "Col,
Taylor's command on the Kanawha was badly de-
feated by the Confederates few days ago. The
envelope of the letter referred to is orEamented
with several gbbets, With men suspended by the
neck labelled Davis "Beauregard" .Toombs,"
Floyd !" Yancey." "Twiggs "Rhett & Co."
Correspondents o: the Pc ersourg Express.
LkwisBtaG, Va, August 25, 1861 Several skir-
mishes have occurred lately and the particulars
somewhat interesting. particularly as the Peters
burg boys had "a finger in the pie Irefer to sew
eral members of Capt Pste's company, who have
certainly won few laurels.
During the early part of last week, Col ]. Lueius
Davis of the LIST regiment of cavalry, (Wise's Lee
gion) took 60 men of Capt. Timberlakes company,
Lieut. Goodman commanding, and 40 of Capt. Pate's
company. Lieutenant W. W. Chandler commanding,
and attack the enemy. four five hundred strong
near Capt Frank Tyler's. They were driven back.
losing four or five killed and ten wounded The
facts voucbed for by eye Witnesses one Of whom
saw the Orderly sergeant of Capt 9 company kill
two Hsssians with his doube-barreiled shot gun
firing his two loads in quick succession, and des
patching the rascals instantly.
In this action the men we're dismounted and fought
in the bushes Captain Pateis men, being held in
reserve took no part in the firing but are said 10
have acted cOOlly and deliberately, and anxiously
waited TO be called on, Lieutenant Jordan arrived
on the ground as the skrmish closed, having been |
Kept back by sickness The Hessians, although
four or five times stronger than we were, retreat
ed in great haste, leaving bloody marks behind |
them. r7 Es
The second skirrnish took place near Picket's,
this side the Haw's nest. Piekets is Union !
house. the having left for the North. His wife
remains. The enemy being reported and found I
there, were attacked by Lieut.. Col. Croghan,
of Col Davis regiment, commanding two companies |
Of infantry and of Cavalry, belonging to Foyd's
brigade. and Capt Pate's company, belonging to the
Wise Legion. Ia the charge which Is SAID TO have
been gallant one, led by Lieut.. L. D. JOPdsn. of |
the last named company was certainly killed, |
several wounded and three taken prisoners. For |
tunately, none of our command was hurt, all having
escaped without bruse All three of the pFiso-
ners captured in this brush were Dutch and taken
by members of Capt. Pate's company, who rushed |
in and secured them. They called themselves the
"Boody 18th Ohio Regiment"
On Thursday, Capt. Magruder of the Henrico I
Troop, came in conflict with squad of five Hes.
slams, who, assisted by the Rockbridge Rangers,
took them prisoners wounding three. One, a Cap
tain, has since died. This occurred the Satardy
road There are several other little scrapes, which
l have not time to refer to.
Gen Wise and Floyd are both beyond this place
but where deponent saith not. The Commissary
and Qlarermaster depot of our brigade. is still at
the White Sulphur, and so is the General Hospital
There are also one or two companies stationed
there, with runors Of plenty more coming which
seems to please the people heTeabouts nightly.
The sick and wounded of both bTigades at Lewis
burg, fast recovering under the kiRd treatment
of LewIsburgers, who are truly hOspitable.
Several of Gen. FlOyds are said to have
been drowned in an attempt to cross G&ulev. 1t is
also said that the Yankees, before leaving, poisoned
the spring at Locust Lane. We got the information
from a negro, and our men were not permitted to
use the water.
LEwsBURG, Va, Aug q, 1861. Before leaving
for the West will give you the last item of news
Col A. 6. Jenkins Former member of Congress)