The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-25
WESTERN VIRGINIA GEOGRAPHY.

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WESTERN VIRGINIA GEOGRAPHY.
The Northern papers, and many Of our
own, have very much confounded the move
ments of our troops in Northwestern Virginia.
We have two columns operating in that sec
ton Of the State at considerable distances a.
part, over most mountainous and impassa-
Bile country. One column under Gems. Lee
and Lorng are operating against Rosen-
cgantz, in the county Of Randolph and on
the Cheat Mountain, in the direction Of Graf.
ton. The other column, under Gems. Floyd
and Wise, is operating against Cox, in the
direction nf the Kanawha Valley, in the
county Of Fayette, on the New River, which
becomes the kanawha below the mouth Of
the Gauley river. AT the mouth of the Gau-
lev the enemy are posted in force. The
Hawks Nest is on the right hand of New
River, about the confluence Of the Gauey.
When, therefore. the enemy's dispatches
1 from Cincinnati mix up Gen. Wise in the
movements Of Gems. Lee and LOring, that We.
rs TACT proves that their authors are ignorant
of the real locality Of Gen. Wise. The col
umn with which he is operating is in the
central West Of the State, whereas that of
Gen. Lee i in the Northwest proper. You
cross Sewellis Mountain and pass the Hawks
Nest, where Gen. Floyd and Wise are on
1 the road from Lewisburg TO the Kanawha
Saines and TO Guyandotte; you cross Cheat
Mountain, where Gems. Lee aud Loring are
on the Stanton and Parkersburg turnpike
road. Braddoek's army crossed Cheat Noun
tain and Cheat River on its march TO Pitts
! burg, then Fort Duquesne. But you cross
Sewel's Mountain in going from the Green
brier White Sulphur Springs to Cincinnati
| and to Kentucky, on the route pursued by
to fight the Indians at Point Pleasant. where
Logan was killed. In short, your course
from Staunton to the mouth of the Gauey.
near which Gems. Floyd and Wise are epe-
rating. is due West; whereas the course from
Staunton TO Beverly and Cheat Mountain.
where Gems. Lee and Loring are operating,
is almost due North. From the mouth Of
Gauley to Beverly, from the Hawks Nest to
Rich Mountain is very long distance, moro
lhan hundred miles, the way Obstructed by
the lnust stupendous mountains in the State.
and marked BY no direct road II Professor
Lnwe could take the Yankee news-writers
up in his balloon, and show them the dis
tance and the character Of country intersen-
ing between the counties Of Randolph and Of
Fa, cite, those writers never would again
! cuulound the movements Of our armies on
the sewelI and the Cheat Mountains.
The importance Of the movements Of Gen.
eral Lee consists. besides driving the enemy
J ut oi our State. in getting possession o. the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and thus cut
tlng on the most direct communication be-
t@sen cincinnati and st. Louis with Wash
/ inglou CITY.
The importance Of the movements Of Gen
erals FlO,l and Wise, besides driving the
I enemy beyond our border, consists IN re-
claiming the kanawha Saines, and the rich
: aud wealthy Kanawha Valley, and at the
same tipe aiTording support to the South
.rn sentiment in East Kentucky; az object
NV become doubly important from the eri-
! SIS winch Affairs are reaching in that State.
1 We have said enough 70 show that We have
+. tau columns operating 10 two widely sepa>
rated fields. for two widely distinct objects.
lie one column looks to bringing back
. Nnrlheestern Virginia 10 lis allegiance, and
!, commanding the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
Tie ciher in0ks to holding middle Western
i Virginia 10 its true aud natural .ealty. Sc
rat,ng tie control uf The Shines and support
I, III ,he Coniederalcs in Eastern Kentucky.
We confidently expect the success OF both
!, expeditions; but not without good deal Of
l hard lighting. Richmond Dipatch.