Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-29

chased immunity and s.fe crossing for the
main body.
Gen. Baker received the order for his
movement on Sunday. The same evening
Capt. Philbrick and Lieut.. Howe, OF Col.
Devens' 18th Massachusetts, with twenty
men. crossed the river ut the point above
Indicated, and made a thorough reconnoi-
sance to within !, mile and IL half OF Lees
burg, and returned, reporting that no enc
NV had been seen. All through that night,
byIfnciiities for transport far too in complete
and unmiitary for the purpose. Gen. BN-
ker was throwing over his force ana at
daybrenk the first line was formed at BHli,s
Bluff, about eighty feet above the river OF
fering on the top an area of several nun
ed acres, surrounded by trees, save in the
angle to the southwest, where a clearing
and corn field, with the corn in the shocks,
opened out to the main road.
The force of Gen. Baker was about
| 700 strong, made up of broken regiments.
The Massachusetts 18th had 700 men pres
ent. the Goth Massachusetts only three
companies, the California Brigade about
600 men, and the Tammany IN. " rcgi-
ment two or three companies, There were
also two howitzers of Ricketts, United
States battery, drawn by drag ropes, and
one James rifle gun of the I'D Rhode Is
land battery, to the command OF wHich
Lieut. Bramhall was detailed IRON the new
York 9Th
The first attack of the enemy was ma4e
about six o'clock, trom rHde rifle pits IN
a corn field. This was met By gallant
charge of the Massachusetts 10TH VINO
drove the enemy from their coverts ut the
point of the bnyonet After sharp work
: for some three hours along the whole iron
Of tho littln line the enemy being kept in
check with the three pieces OF artillery,
they themselves using only rifles and cav
ALLY curbincs in the action, lull took
place, during which it would appear, from
the very misrepresentation Gen. Stone had
designed to create, the rebels were draw
leg their whole force from above and below
to strengthen the centre of their line, which
they believed to be threatened by the mead
of our main column.
While our troops were eating their DIM
uer, about P. NJ, the rebel hiring recon-
menccd, at short rife range, from lInc
extending on three sides about our battle
'front.' from among the trees and from the
tree tops, many of which were full OF sharp
shooters. From this time until night fall
the fight knew no cessation. We cannot
write its details; they press upon us from
every hand, and the account would possess
well nigh the melancholy and tragic inter-
est of |Lovell's Fight"
About four O'Clock General Baker fell,
, pierced by four mortal wounds. The rebel
, sharp-shooters picked out the officers with
, uncrring aim. Only one captain in the
r Massachusetts Fifteenth, Capt; Philhrick.
$ returned to their camps the other six, with
, five leutenants,are missing-seVeral known
to be killed. The entire loss set down as
'.missing" to Col. Devens regiment rs
: three hundred and thirty-one men-nearly
t half of their number in the field. They
/ were recruited in Worcester county. Said
= Gen. Baker "I"d two more regiment,
a like the Massachusetts Fifteenth, l would
cut my way to Leesburg.' The other reg