The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-10-11
sharp righ, Near Chea, Mountain.

The Ohio and Irdiann volunteers
have won new laut,ls in Western
Virl inin. On Tlur day morning,
at vary carly hour, General X y.
II olds fet out with n strong force
from his {, mp on thc eu'nin tot Cheat
mountain. to I, conr'"ltrr the rebel
position ON Gl,ehhri'r river, NIB Iut
twelve miles distant. und, command
of General Anderson Ynd Culuncls
IToli,rr, Jackson aud JOHNSON. The
following were the troops Of which
the xuedition was c"uposcd: - The
Ohio "a h, Colonel AnmUn, of
RIPLEY; the 25'h Colonel Jones, Of
Wooster; the 32l. Cnl"nrl 7 ii.
Ford, oi Mansfield The Indionians
were selected from the 7th regiment.
Colonel Dnmont; OH, Colonel Mil
roy; 18th, Colonel Sullivan; 18th,
Colonel Kimball; 18th Colonel Wag-
ncr; AID the 17th, Colonel Hascall.
There werc also detachments Of
Robinson 9 Ohio, Bracken's 1ndi.
ana, and Grecnlield's Pennsylvania
cavalry, and llowc's United States,
Loomis, Michigan, and Daum's
Virginia artillery. Tho entire body
numbered 5000 men. To prevent
n flank movement on the part OF the
rebtls, Ford's regiment was sent in
advance.
! Arriving in front OF the intrench'
mcnts about eight o'clock, the pick,
ess were soon driven in. LOOMS
battery gained good position by
tho assistance of the fourteenth
an seventeenth Indiana regiments
willie the Ohio tweUty-fourth did
valuable work ss skirinishers. The
; first discharge OF artillery, was re,
piled to BY tho enemy in ambush
; who were soon cleared out, however,
/; by the Indiana fourteenth. Seven
J of the rebels were killed. and quite
, a number wounded and capiured.-
: IIowe's battery, supported by the
thirteenth Indiana, then came up,
3, taking q position still nearer the foe,
:, md causing great havoc. After an
i. hours hard fighting, the rebel bat
J.. teries were nearly all silenced.-
Their guns, were for the most par
aimed too high. For three hours
: after, an irregular fight was kept NJ
. while our men rcconnoitcred the en-
y cmy's works. During all this time
esIthe eallantry of the twenty fifth Ohio
q ana fifteenth Indisna was displayed
= to good advantage in scouting.
o Just as our Reconnaissance wal
u being completed, every essential fac
: relative to the position Of the rebel
q being discovered, they were largel.
B. re enforced from their camp noa
e Monterey. This swellcd their NUN
g bcrs to Is 600. The expedition
Il therefore. withdrew with loss o. OH
II ly ten killed and eleven won ded
e The enemy's loss was very severe
J. numbering several hundred. Thei
e killed and wounded could be see
SC altered all about the camp, ali
~ their tents were torn ~ pieces by til
balls. The wi ole number Ct prison
le crs taken WAS thirteen, and som
,cnttlc end horses were also brousl
ioif. The only difficulty that Gen
H. Reynolds met with, was in restrain
Z ing the ardor OF his troops. The
le were eager to storm the rebel works
nt but as the possession of the poir
U Was o. no importance, the Gcncrl
i refused to grant them permission. -
n They then C allcn.cd the enemy I
'u come out and fight them on the opc
9 field, but thn Litter prudcntly d,
% cl'ncd to acccp. the invitation. =
Is Altcgrter the affair was n great sue
l. cess, and a demonstration OF IL
p. valnr and good discipline OF on
le Western Soldiers.
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