Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-10-23
THE VA r IN WESTERN YJp
GINA.
BOTH ARMIES YALL BACK

Il.
We find the following in the Cnc;,
natl Times, an administration journal,
Camp Renham, Oct. 3. ! !6l.-ln NV L..
you were Informed % un expected ia,iss s
between our forces under eommand ~
Gen Rosecrans and those of the rshst
under Gen. Lee. ROsecraps msroSss
with his, some seven thousand strong :"
wards Camp Lookout, where his aJysa'nwS,
guard drove in the enemy's picke,s, H.
atierward followed up as far as Sew.N
Mountain, o few miles from whe.e C,en
Lee had his entire force (l80OO man
strongly entIenched end fortified Bo,I
the armies could see each other plojnls
from their camping grounds. They bo,i
stood menacing each other for seye,.
days, when, finally, Gen. Rosecrans cana
10 the serious conclusion that he mn"
fall back on Camp Lookout or Gauley-
Therefore the first brigade, Gen. Ben.
hams which consisted only Of the rep,b
Regiment, Maj. Bu,ke commanding ws,s
ordered back the 18th being at Csmp
Lookout, and the Thirteenth at Gauley
The boys of the Tenth were terribly NOR.
tilted when ordered back never in N,
life saw men more eager or anxious for
fight than they were.
This fight will not be easily foreot,e,
ly them-indeed IL was one OF the rnos
foolish movements Gen r. ever m,d0
since his advent into Western Virginia,
ana, II mistake not, 1t was all caused i,
the inactivity and blundering of Gen Cor
and few others Of the same ilk. 1bsy
Represented things in manner that led
Gen Rosecrans to believe that a victory
would DO easily achieved. When ourat
my came within ten miles OF Camp Sewsl
the roads were almost impassabls, 50
much 30 that some of the wagons and
ambulances were broken to atoms. To,
cosmopolitan journalist, The menacing At
titude Of both armies would indeed be A
glorious sight. There stood the South.
ern troops on Little Sewall, giant lkeiu
form, while our troops stood looking on
With amazement, full OF chagrin and dI.,
appointment.
1t was, indeed, one Of the most foolish
as we'll as one of the most flattened out
expeditions thu. could happen an army
and it is 10 wonder that the men olt
miserable. And am surprised that Gen
Rosecrans did not see into it before IL
started. Had he looked matters straight
iu the face, as a general should, he would
have saved tn government an enormous
expense, the hospital from hundreds Of
soldiers, and soldiers from i'll humor.-
The fact OF the matter is, Carnisex Ferry
about which SO much has been said and
written, turns out more to our costs
great bluder and sad mistake; and H.
stead OF heapiDg opprobious epithets on
Floyd, calling him coward, he has in tho
end turned out TO be Rosecrans' superiG
as an officer and general. He out pa
nevertd him in every way AMI iB every
sense of the word. We now find himon
OF ou- most formidable opponents at Li-
lie Sewall. Thousands Of men and mil.
lions OF dollars have yet TO be expended
before the government gains the sdvM
tage that Gen. Rosecrans gained but loa
at Carni!ex Ferry.
The condition Of the soldiers Of this di.
vision j, app'lling. There must be at
least 500 men in the different hospitals
Lal bSI fhOM IHE hANAWHA.
We learn that on Saturday last, Gen.
Ro;ecrans Was encamped six miles distant
from Gauley. having fallen back from tho
summit OF Sewall mountain. 1t appNB
that neither army had t. anspoItatiOn 70 /
get the necessary supplies, and both bad
ia!len back during the night. for comfort
aud better protection, The enemy were
encamped twenty six miles from Rose
crane. Lee is reported in command ci
tho enemy Our informant did not learn
their strength. When he came down be
met eight hundred wagons on the road
between Gauley and Clarlestown with
supplies. Our sick we're being sent 10
Charleston, Va, and Gallipolis, Ohio as
speedily as possible. Wheeling Pre"