Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-27
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AIMS VALLEY,
Tszswell county, Sept 90, 1861.
Will, waiting for the shoeing Of seine horses. viii
tale ,hs e1spce the first presented since the battle Of
BIG al. TO % you line.
weIst camp at Geu Wise's headquarters, Is days
AGO with three days ra,ions We were ST companies
strn,y viz: 4 sssrs PaLes, Caskies Poaguet, (oim.
erlv al Jorda 5 and Phelps. Our destination
krou1. or rather doubtful Tuesday night ne Gro sd
At Nil es's Ferry, which is coum,Gd'd b. ar
al rya. H,sks Nest and ercamped near FAyette vile
W,dpe "a " taken up with the arrangements fer The
exc dton Euly Taur'day morning. We began ocr
mar n kposiug what point, tut BY the middle oil
the DAY. cseLv red that We moved 10 the direction Of
Peyo a. Boone county, and that travelling down
the Il AZ FOX Of Big Coal Frequsnt showers tell de-
ring b day, dackiug the men and leaving On m 10 no
very good humOr Bat If the day was bic What
sh,l b. lid OF the space succeeding rom dAik down
ill CaWn'
"Ilwas bllsk night AMI
Terrible ~ ha-"
So rain fell soldiers worse prepared Tor W
We al tlt or no shelter. Someshat alter dark, q
II ekerboron's where se heard OF parry Of Yankee
hys mil b low Us, wbo had robbed Packs s ore, III
we drivnx eft MS cattle. IL. OIL Usrkson, 10 m
ma 4 returned to capture them. We had uaVei,a a
ll.c w,y and not being expected, would easily surprise
tn IN So never mnding the Tsil moment se n
tinued our march thou n toe pg1L aud az daybT,ak
slrsou Packs lace, only to ID that the enemy had
J.
m - IRON us. Nos halting the word 70 march was
z ven az the column moved on br-kly Na uotcut,
Pt- eomDtny In Sdva- A. o)ns, eight miles tr m
PGks sc armed that the enemy camp there, aud
wis nos tar ahead At this point ve commenced the
g-Ll- ard an adVtnce al five OF Capt Pates
nen vera snt on ahead for scouting In . few
moments they clptur . wsgon, team and two
prisOner1. Here the chase became u iited Our
men asei yell straggler sfser s'rlgger vas over
taken whch was repeated BY the Who'll cn.unn. See
"a nhahl haas Ehn ia
4 b. apprs'd Of our coming, tho galop vas in'
ere,s to charge aud tor three miles the race
VS. tsr lie and at time bid fair 10 end In more
damage 20 than the enemy. The road vas wretclet
nlrrow add crooked had ona leioing horse fal en-
twenty or hftv would have umoed ugethsr, rnd an in
dhie numb Of limbs and necks been brokep. For
tuaat,s no such acc dent occurred and came upon
the emmy at he mouth Of TJnys Branch. At this
time PaIes sod Rossers pretty vel xsd ur,
aad they pitched Into the YAnkess right and efL riding
Anocg th,m and without 4 smoothing a. first. shooting
them a. u taty we're herd OF wild goats.
W. II L,resrOvergroa-r, private in Capt. Pates CON-
p,rv Rad the bre,ci Of his gun shattered by Du CT
MAJ Blu whom be killed. His gun was at his oul-
- ard bob sho about The same TIM. TIE Eight soon
becsme a running AID lasted scout one hour. The
rou- was complts, and We captured the cattle ard
ell :. c punder they we're carving of tcgelh.r with
gus enough 10 aru company. | say six Z lied az
.eevfrL " -un led ". d marks Of blood, indicating, IN
the opinion 81 Col. Clrkson, that the XII aud wound
ed q have r,achsd Is or 30 IN unmo-r The prison
era amounted 70 90 Ua,on men aud all, aud OF hem,
Pa =. eempsuy captured 10. They also supplied them
selves Eith arms including several Gns r,vovers. Ser
z ant Bul ok pa e's company captured one captain
ore H. utsnant and ore private almost sote Uoion
m41 gave the alarm the whole force, said TO DC l4O
would have been eaptuced AsiI ws, ~e killed and cap
turec early ore halt including esp su (Cozl one
Esu:.lalr (7riIeJ OF D. S BuockG ana any number of
corp rs ard sergesnts. When came on the rsscals
a, Srs TcnN they in the act oil drawing ou, 10
ca r. n toe ,rrisgo OF Mrs. Pate which she hah sen
there FOR safe keeping There we're two companies, Of
Who the captain OF Johns escaped. We rescued
Gu. Pick prominent S 'cessiJuis ~hom they robbed
AMI look A lisllensnt shot AZ him ave times upsuc-
G s.illy, af sr the attack commenced Aswe charged
d,-p -. tiy.r and even Gt the fight the women and
on r 81 pied their an sad cheerei u N. OF our
sK sa ion 70 the Pond 'rk Of Gal, Will write you
sI,ia Also more plr;iculIrs Of The battle OF Touys
Branch. YAK HILL