Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-27
The Battle a; Observation-Disclosures from
Western virginia.

| From the Richmond Enquirer. Nov. o.
Capt. II. Clay Pate, of the Petersburg Light
Horse, Wise Legion, who were engaged in the
fight at Guyaudottc ON the 10Th, arrived here
yesterday, with a guarI Of twenty men, in
charge of eighty-niua prisoners of war, taken In
hat atiair. From Capt Pate We have ascer-
tanned some Of the facts connected with the OK
petition which proved SO successful to our army.
It will be seen his statement materially differs
from the Yankee accounts.
Col, Clarkson, of the first regiment of cavalry,
Wise Legion, commanded the Confederate
forces in this engagement. They consisted %
about 600 men in all, being thirteen comp"
They started from Raleigh Court Hur dis
lance of nearly two hundred mile Il Guyau-
dottc, and made a forced mo On reaching
the town after dark ON s." night, they found
the enemy concear' - houses of the iuhabi-
tants, in numb tween $50 and 200, being
the necleu~ regiment made up OF residents
of o. III who had assumed the name Of the
" .tgiuia regiment. The fight lasted about
ii hour and a half, and the result iustities us in
terming it one Of the most brilliant encounters
aud complete defeats over the enemy which has
yet shed luster on our arms. Much credit is
due to Col. Clarkson for the energy and capacity
he so signally displayed on this occasion.
The LincOlnitcs were totally aunihilated.
Their lieutenant colonel, Bailey, a Pennsylva-
MAN, we believe, was killed, and all their priu-
cipai officers, including the surgeon and quar-
masters, and over ninety prisoners were taken.
Col Cave L. Whaley, member of the Lincoln
Congress- from that district, raised that portigtrof
the regiment which has thus been destroyed.
lie himself was arrested by Capt. Pate, but was
put on parole by Col. jenkins, and with the De
culiar sense Of honor manifested by the Yankees
in this war, violated his faith, and SO escaped.
Capt. IluddlestOn, Of the Wise legion, met his
death At the hands of his comrades. The night
being dark, he was not recognized, and was fred
upon, having failed TO give the countersigu upon
being hailed.
Amember of Capt Corn's company was killed
on the suspension bridge, in q charge made by
our men on about twenty of the enemy, who
Were posted on the bridge. All the latter were
either killed, drowned or taken prisoners.
The trophies Of this victory were POO new En-
field rifles, 81 cavalry horses, with new McClel-
ian saddles, and a large amount Of clothing and
blankets, in which many of the Wise legion are
now equipped. 4 few Of the enemy escaped.
but the larger portion were killed or taken pris-
oners. They were chiefly from Lawrence and
Gallia counties, Ohio.
An interesting incident in connection with
this exploit has been communicated 10 us, and
the spirit it displays speaks for itself. An old
man of the name OF Shelton, living near Guyau-
dottc, had been killed by u neighbor named Fh-
Ter, a LlncOlnItei and the son of the former, who
had accompanied this expedition, had determined
to wrealI vengeance upon the slayer of lis
father. While on the march to GuyandOttc, he
rode up to Fuller's door in the dark, and called
for him, when he Immediately shot him-the lust
fate of a traitor and murderer.
Capt Pate made "a forced march of nearly 300
miles with his prisoners, one of whom lac shot
ON the way for attempting to escape-ouc died,
named Adkins.