Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-08
[For the Intellgeucer
March of The 1St Regiment Virginia
Volunteers on idsnts
OF the March. Ha
By AN EYE WITNESS.

Volunteers ON PhiIlippI--Incidsnts =
OF the March, a. Er
! By AN EYE WITNESS.
| On Sunday June 81, the Virginia Voiun-
! tccrs were marched Oh the platform Mt
! Grafton. and all heing ready, the train
started enSt. There were twenty-siX ears,
. in which were the Ohio 18th and Indiana
| 9rh Regiments. The rrnin passing by
/ Thornton, came to stop opposite the
/ Cove Road, where the men were quickly
I put i'll motion, the Iron Guards Tor. as they
ale now called, Company 3. in front. The
I day WAS exceedingly warm, that the
! poor fellows suffered much in their march.
/ The wafer, often bad, sickrned Icm.-
/ About 4 O'clock in the evening, they
| reached Cove settlement, and were murch-
! od into beautiful meadow, where the
three regiments stacked arms, and we're
! presented with refreshments OF hot cakes,
| butter. ham, and in fact, everything the
: loyal Union men of the cuuulry had and,
on inquiry, it was found that the gO0I pcO-
| pie had only three hours notice. The
wonder was, where they got so much. to
| hc able 10 give hite TO 1000 men. The
feelings OF the prople, thus lar, were cx-
pressed by The inir sex in tears of joy,
| aud by their sturdy fitlers aud broth
house north of the Cove, in which
were three ladies. they met us on the
porch IN tears, cryiug . Lord he thanked" !"
I God i.less the Onion army" ''our hms-
! bands viii now get home" They inform
/ cd us their husbands had TO hide. in the
/ woods, US bands Of Sccessioaists were
( prowling around the country to force their
I men into tue rebel ranks. aud that oaly the
! day before two men had been forced TO go
/ TO Phillippi. That the scccSsioniSis tooH
whit they pleasedaud paid for nothing. We
1 Eadit glass ofmilk nnda little hot corn cake
! hastily got ready, and while partakiag two
| OF the Ohio 10th catered, begging little
milk and bread, for which they paid twen-
i ty-fivc ccUls, saving they came to help
I Western Virginia, aud togny f.r everything
| furnished them. When wr left the good
| lady had quite purse. This depression
| shows the feeling of the people and the
/ treatment they were receiving from the Sc
ccssionists. -s
/ On Al hill, a little way further on, 3 stout
I lady was crying badly. 0n inquiry we
I learned that She had four brothers in tho
camp AT Phiilippi rs secessionists. and see
I ing the bright GnyOuets 50 numerous, she
, dreaded Tor their safety.
! The ladies of the Cove settlement visited
. the field where the men rested, and appear
4 CN hNilRhltu. ptihS
! formed into line the marched ont with
drums beating, the Clay Guards taking
? the lead, owing To their Captain having
some knowledge of the country before
them. Some three or four miles on, Mt Il
/ tavern called the Travellers Rest Kept hy
one Nicola. "a noted secessioni=t was arres-
ted, and Al quantity Of Hour and bacon
turned out on the road. On tins man }
mill door (he vas 81 miller,) was posted up
II proclamation, issued May 3lst, from the
headquarters of the secession camp at
Phillippi, calling on the people of Western
! Virginia TO come in aud join the Standard
of II ecdOm, &c. &c The march was con-
tinued till dark; Indeed, il was so dark that
The last regiment entering the camping
ground couiI not be seen IL few feet from
/ the line The boys Immediately prepnr-
ed their beds by laying down fence rails to
! keep them from the damp ground, and n
hundred. ircs made from the same mntrrial.
rs their beds, cast iurid gleum on Tie
surrounding columns, much easier imhgjn-
! ed thnu described. There was nothing 10
cat, nrd ihe blankets far behind, still there
was no such thing as grumblinG, except
I from fatigue, aud ina few minutes many
" ere asleep on the ground. Soon loud
peais of thunder told us storm was near;
/ there was no help but to take il. Mean
/ time the Llaukts arrived with the teams
! then could Gc seen in markfa contrast the
| difference between Virginia troops aud
those of the free State; the latter were
! more or less well provided for the storm
! with oilviuth coverings, while the former,
who Ind no State 10 protect or sucker
them, were wholly unprotected.
/ Why is thiSl How can the Union men
of Western Virginia permit their own men
inns tu sniTar2 Men Dut in our defense,
aud who have. by their bravery, prevented
the city of Wheeling, from heing what
! philippi is-a town without inlmhitnnts,
unless the foe be called such. Those who
think not ana care not for our poor men,
would do well to visit PhIllippi and see
| what we have esvnpeh, through the deter
DIiua:jon of our Volunteers. The rain came
! down heavily. ! was fortunate in getting
under n blanket covered with oil cloth,
and TO my surprise, here coull lay COM
I furtably and warm, notwithstanding the
anger of the cluuds A little before twelve
! at night the men were ordered TO get ready
and the dark columns, drenched with rain
( wele once more in noliou along road,
the worst ever travelled. The rnin con-
;inued To fall at intervals all night or
rather morning. Still on they went. At
: length day duwued; we could see the Viz
! eiuia Regiment rapidly descending hill,
/ followed closely by the Ohio, whilst the
Iudian-s toys left the road and assembled u
. hill to tie left. up thr road, SO as to inter
ccpt those that should attempt escape By
way Of Beverly road.
Bang went cannon, the bail wh'sted
! in i Is rapid course. Bang it went again;
fifteen slIois were fred in. all. The road
fwas strewed with the knapsscks of the
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