The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-10-10
IMPORTANT FROM WESTERN
.,a, VIRGINIA.
Sharp Fight Near Cheat Mountain.


The Ohio and Indiana volunteers have
won new laureIs id Western Virginia. On
Thursday morning. at very early hour,
Reynolds set out with a strong forcs from
his camp on the summit Of Cheat Noun.
tsiu. to reconnoitsr The rebel position on
Grsenbrisr river. about twelve miles dis.
tant. under command OF Gen. Anderson
and ColODels 1'Olive. Jackson and John
son. The following were the troops Of
which the expedition was composed: The
Ohio Twenty fourth, Col. Ammon Of Rip
ley; the Twenty fifth. Col Jones Of Woos.
ter; the Tbirty.secondg Col. T. H. Ford
Of Mans6eld.r The Indisnians were So
lected from the Seventh Regiment, Col.
Dupont; Ninth, Col. Nilory: Thirteenth.
Col. Sullivan; Fourteenth. Col. KimbaIl; /;
Fifteenth, Col, Wagner; and the S.ven-
teenth, Col. Hascall. There we're also
detachmeuts of Robiuson's Ohio. Brack.
ems Indiana, and Greenfield's Pennsylva.
MIA Cavalry and How4's q. g., Io3mis'
Michiga and Daum's Virginia Artillery.
The entire body numbered 5000 men -
TO prevent flank movement on the part
Of the rebels. FOrd's regiment was sent in
advance.
Arriving in from. Of, the intrenchments Is
about eight O'Clock the pjcksts were soon
driven ip., Lpomis' Battery gained agood
position by the assistance, of the, -Four
teenIh and Seventeenth Indians regiments,
while the Ohio Twenty. fourth did valua.
bic work as skirmishers. The first dis.
charge Of the artillery was replied to by
the enemy in ambush, who were soon
cleared out, however, by the Indiana
Fourteenth. Seven, of the rebels were
killed. and quite number wounded and
captured. Howe's battery. supported by
the Thirteenth Indiana, then came up,
taking position still nearer the foe, and
causing great havoc. After an hours
hard fighting, the rebel batteries were
nearly all sienced Their guns we're. for
the most part, aimed too high. For three
hours after an irregular 6ghl was kept up.
while our men reconnoitere1 the enemy e
works. During all this time the gallant.
ry OF the Twenty fifth Ohio and Fifteen th
Indiana was displayed to good advantage
in scouting. .,"'''' '' .." 80
just as our reconnaissance was being
completed, every essential fact relative to
the position of the rebels being discover.
ed, they were largely re-enforcet from
their camp near Monterey. This swslled
their numbers to $4,000. the expedition
therefore withdrew with loss Of only ten
killed and deleven wounded. ., The enemv's
loss was very severe. numbering several
hundred. Their killed and wounded
could be seen scattered all about the
camp, and their tents were torn in pieces
by the balls. The whole number of pris.
Oners taken was thirteen, and some cat
tie and horses were also brought of
The only difficulty that Gen Reynolds
met with was in restraining the ardor Of
his troops. They were eager to storm The
rebel works, but as the possession Of the
point was of no importance, the General
refused to grant them permission. They
then challenged the enemy 10 come out
and fight them on the open field, but the
latter prudently declined to accept the
invitation, Altogether tho affair was a
great success, and a demonstration Of the
valor and good discipline of our Western
soldiers, 4. A. o, ...i.,.. IN