Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-16
Gen. Reynolds, Official Report Of the
Battle OF Green BrIer.
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ELKwATER, Oct. q, 1861.

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ELKwATER, Oct. q, 1861.
Geo. S. Hartsuf, Asst Adjt General:
SiR-On the night of the I'd of October, at 10
o'clock, started from the summit Of Cheat
Mountain, to make an armed reconnaissance of
the enemy's position on the Green Brier river,
twelve miles In advance. Our force consisted
of Howe'e Battery, 4th regular artillery, Loom.
is' Battery, Michigan Volunteer artillery, part
OF DAum's battery, Virginia Volunteer artillery,
24th, 25th and 32d Ohio regiments, 7th, 9th,
18Th, l4lh, 18th and 18th Indiana regiments,
(the last four being reduced by continuous hard
service and sickness to about half regiments), },
parts of Robinson's Company Of Ohio, Green
fields Reserve and Bracken's Indiana Cavalry
lin all about FIVE thousand. Milroy's 9th In.
diana drove in the enemy's advanced pickets,
and deployed to our right, driving the enemy
on that flank into his entrenchment..
Kimball's 18th Indiana was advanced direct
ly to the enemy's front and right, to drive his
advanced regiments from position suitable for
our artillery; this was soon done In gallant
style, and our batteries promptly took their po.
sitions within about seven hundred yards of the
entertainments and opened FIRE. Some of the
enemy's guns were visible and others concealed
We disabled three Of bis guns, made O thor.
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successfully accomplished the object of the ex.
pedition, retired leisurely and in good order to
Cheat Mountain, arriving at sundown, having
marched twenty-four miles, and been under the
enemy's Ere four hours. The enemy's force
was about nine thousand, and we distinctly saw
heavy reinforcements OF infantry and artil.
lery arrive, while We were in front of the
worke,
We took thirteen prisonere. The number of
killed and wounded could not be accurately as.
certained, but from those actually counted in
the field, and estimated in the trenches which
could be seen from the heights, il is believed
the number reached at least three hundred
Our loss was surprisingly small-eight killed
and thirty-two wounded, most of them slightly
the proximity of our batteries to the en-
trenchments causing many shots to pass over
ue
Very respectfully, etc.,
]. J. REYNOLDS,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
GEo. 5. ROSE, Asst Adj't Gen.
The following is the official report of the kill
ed and wounded among the Ohio troopa
HowE's BATTERY Killed. Francis Enowrieht
private.
Wounded--Michael F. Andrews, Lance Cor.
poral; Cornelius Daniels, private; Andrew
Dougherty, private. severely, since died; Geo.
L. Rice, severely; Jno. Ledwidge, private, Sc.
verely.
TwENTY-FIPrH Ono Wounded John Ever.
ingham, private, company E. slightly; Alex.
Pemberton, private, company E, eighty; Mi
chael Mulgrove, company E, slightly.
TwENTY-FoURTH OHIo-Klled-John Riddle,
company B, by six pound shot; Corporal Nc.
Cam, company B, by O six pound shot.
Wounded-John Bailey, company B, private;
Christ. Reiner, company B, private, and viii
liam F. Fuller, company F, private; all slight
ly. ..1