The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-26

The Difficulties Overcome by Gen. Rem
ham in the Pursait OF Floyd-The Dis
appointment OF tho Troops ut Ftndfn~
He had Taken His Flight. III
correspondent " the Pittsburg Chronicle, writing
from kanawha, gives description Of General Benham's
attack on Floyds camp and the retreat of the rebeis
General Benham crossed with his brigade leaving every
lnlhg put overcoats blankets and arms TO commences
climbing the rebel hills on their left flank and rear. The
uncuitles encountered almost dsheartening. Up
ns steep almost as precipces, where but at
time could co. lying out rain for twenty four hours;
pr 70 De packed on the backs Of the men until
pam was mane ior the mule tram. Imagine men at
TINS ior ten days and You will have idea OF their trip
You can imagine what their feelings were when every
,hng beng completed, and Floyd. ESQ. apparently in
their hands they only found themselves enc hour too late
at Fayett The birds had gone leaving in such haste az
secesh only can leave. The road was srewn with every
thing from camp kettle cannon-tho latter sniked
AS they fed they ghtened themselves and every SPECIES
OF property that is required to compose army was To
be found In their rear except what could be burned
AZ Fayette tho inhabitants told boys the whoo
rebel army drunk, Floyd being the highest Of the
!ot aud escaping but an hour before the arrival Of
troops His body guard, consisting Of six men, had him
placed in his carriage, the main body Of his army being
some hours In advance.
Pursuit given for about twenty five miles but a.
our boys nearly the hills, and having
no cavalry with them, they could not be overakon.
some distance beyond Fayette detachment Of rebel
VARY, guarding their rear while crossing tho river,
come up with, and little skirmish onsucd ia which
Coonei croghan OF the rebel forces killed Colonel
.aia was formerly OF the regular army That the
reDes worked with an energy and zeal worthy better
cause there can be Doubt and that b. Floyd can do
something else better than maneuvrAan army was fully
demonstrated On his positions were ,od
which had been fortified by him. where hundred men
could hold in check five times their number A panic
seems TO have seized his forces and report says naI
adeu was taken by all them Of Western Virginia That
they were not captured is owing variety Of circum
stances unavoidable in themselves not necessary to
mention.
THE RUN or THE REBEL FLOYD FROM WESTERN
VIRGINIA.
from tho Wheeling lntcligenccr, Nov. &C.,
General tl0yd in his recent rot eat from the vicinity
OF Ganey destroyed everything portable about Fairfax
Court House. He burnett thrce hundred tents and
picks spades and by the hundred found char
red and destroyed AT another place ten wagon loads Of
ammunition captured and along tbs for many
miles blankets, broken down wagons, tents and other
articles of camp equpage, including arms, were found
cast aside by the rebels In their hurry to get OF the
way OF Bclham's men, The victory complete, and
although Floyd was not bagged be driven ingiorious
~ from Western Virginia Foyds force consisted Of six
Virginia regiments two Mississippi regiments and one
Georgia regmentn all about five Thousand Ave hundred
men,. General Benham had the Tenth Twelfth, Thir-
teenth and five hundred from each Of the Thirty
seventh and Forty Ohio regments-n all three
thousand two hundred The boys returned to camp
In high gee and now demand to be kentucky or
the Potomac, where they find something to fight Il
is somewhat singular that with but exceptions in
every success wo have had in Western Virginia our men
have been led by General Benham.