Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-18
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Third VIrgInIa Reglment.

Five companies are already there, and three
i are at Romney. 1t is supposed thar all
Twin shortly be united lat Bpekhannon or
under Kelley.
Il There il NO regiment In the service CONE
i nosed az better material than the Third
4 Virginia, and none has better corps OF
oficers, field and staff. Those who are ac-
Ionaiuted with them will admit this upon
reading their names. The following is the
list: :,
eantown; Maior, q. 3. Swearingen, OF
EUniontown, Pa; Quartermaster,J. II. Shut
itleworth, of Barbour county; Surgeon, d.
B. Dorsey, of Morgantown; Asst Surgeon,
liz. o. Thomas, of South wheeling AdIu-
/ tant, 4. +, Laing, of Clarksburg, Va.
Captains-Co. Al ], y. Thompson or
4 eantown B, N. "A. Shuttleworth, Clarks
burg: o. tsainh Kirk, Preston county; D,
| 10. !. Litziuger, Newburg; E, s. B. Phillips,
Upshurz county; F, Cyrus Webb, Taylor
i county; G, A., O. Moore, Clarksburg; a,
a. G. Hagans,, Preston county; !, W..
Purdy,. Moundsyille; * ~. ,s. Hal Hitcn-
lie county. AZ. ~
i The Colonel 10 e3 ceedihgiy popular with
Ibis regiment, as her richly deserves to he.
4 Kind OF heart, urbane IN his manners, con-
stantly soIicitous for the welfare of his
men. itwere ungrateful in them NOT to love
Thin as warmly as they do. Nor is this all,
They feel proud of his manly appearance,
/ of his rare executive talents, and of his
uosurpassed knowledgeof the manual and
skin in its execution. They may Pri ate
lIy Joke among themselves about his beard,
which is preuaturelys gray, but they allow
no tests which trench upon his honor or
his capaIility. They may talk in slyiwhis-
u MI Init haS 1a .
a confidence that his blood is young enough
TO give him the ambition and courage to
lead them to victory and honor on the field
OF battle. g.si.3s,.s 81. >
Nor is this all mere buncombe sentimen.
tally. The Colonel really deserves the
Implied compliments of his mens' saftec-
tons. he is an industrious, well drilled,
liable officer; earnest in his desire and de-
termination TO do his whole duty and 10
make his regiment, as far US the clrcpW !
stances will allow, the most orderly and
hest disciplined in the service, SO faF5ns
4 Virginia troops are concerned. The com
lpauies that have been ander his direct sp=
lperyision, since his health allowed him to
enter actively upon service, are most thor
louchly drilled, Notwithstanding the fact
that they spent sometime on Cheat Noun
2itutn. where there WAS neither time nor
space for drill. Heis now engaged. every
day in reviewing his men and exercising
i them in the manual, spending from Two to
three hours every morning and every al
lIcrnoon in such profitable employment.
besides attending to the usual duties OF
the post. ,a,..;,,
Captains shuttleworlh and Phillips have
i recently returned from a three months
scout chiefly through the counties of Writ,
i Calhoun, Gflmer, Brazton and Webster,
those regions of secesh Ultima Thule, far
on The outskirts of civilization and geo.
4 graphical knowledge. On this scout they
have greatly thinned the ranks of the
bushw hackers, sending many TO hill and
| a few to Columbus. They bring with them
quite number of trophies. captured from
/ the rebels, RrnonRF which are horsesI guns
land even dogs. One of the last named is
Remarkable enough TO deserve notice. He
has been SO well trained that at command,
| he will go out into tue woods, start up his
game. and by series of man9uyres, drive
il into camp for the boys to kill or capture
Other companics have been on severe
4 service elsewhere. Companies O, land K
spent sometime on Cheat Mountain and Mt
Beverly. CompanyF is on Leading Greek,
below Beverly. where it has been on irk-
some service for long while. Company.
1 D is now out in the wild regions Of Little
Khnawha; while Company G was engaged
until recently, as from the beginning, In
the interesting and exciting service OF
watching one or two railroad bridges near
IClarksburg. ,
Meantime, the men of this regiment are
asking why it is that they are kept out of
the way Of those places where honorable
distinction is to be found while the off,
lccrs. well knowing the cause, bite their
Ilips in anger, and suppress, aswell as they
| can, the curses which military law proht6-
Its. An unworthy and u1generous preju-
dice, In high place, has caused the disper-
| sion and degradation of the Third Viz
4 ginia. Aud, what is most unworthy, this
\ prejudice was permitted to be engendered
by small aspirants, to whom a rnegnant=
l,mons commander would never have lent
An attentive ear. Let it be remembered
lthnt there are men in this regiment who
will not permit It's history to be withheld
from the permanent records of the coun-
l try. And let 1t especially be noted that
| the organized influence which several of
4 its officers can command, Is sufficient TO
loyerslaup Oh any man who undertakes arbi-
trarily to crushthe regiment or do ita gross
and palpable Injustice.
In conclusion, let me ask whether 1t IS
not probable that, after being compelled to
Lounge about CIarksburg, watering old
Lcib's otherwise neglected horses, and af.
ter being dispersed like acc1rsed Jews, 10
wander in desert aud hideous places during
the summer, fall and early winter, their
cup of bitterness will be filed by sending
them 70 Cheat Monntetn. Ia spend The re-
maiadef Of the winter there.
JUSTICE.
wBsroS. VA Dec l2i 1851.
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