Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-24
FnE DATrIE o. AILEOnANY

THE BATTLE % ALLR0nANY
SUMMIT.
Hail AessaRt GFom eRs 81 the whss.
flag bOys wac Was ~ u
cInp ELEVA1EE, Va, De. 10.
Eiits'i Laisli,1saes,.
Sinrs ny LIST IhAVs besu Wallisg VI.
eaW6rt like, iVF something to "tnrn Up"
which something ilA iura up on the 9th
Inst An wdrF vas received ffrm head.
qaSttErs At HatiO1.rIlIr fur p ,Etioa Oftbe
seeOnd YiFEinia % TrpO1 Il CbSat NOua.
tAla SuFmiI Immediately, or as room As
The Wrathrr sod muddy roads you'd PIT.
wlL About Two OelorkP y. ufibat DAY,
drtAehmtnIt VI eONpsnIt. A, Q. D. O, u. I,
J and <, 10 III abOul tWo HUNDRED and
ulBtty men, under e0mmAnd Of N,l 0Esni,
took ap tie line Of march for The Slmpit,
where We arriVrd AZ nine 0CIock, aud WIRE
joined ny dviAehmrnlt Of the ash Aui 32d
Uhi., slh and 18Th indiana Regiments,
making Culdmn NJ 1900 men at the sum.
nit, The o,jrrt Of the expedition was ri.
planned to vs., Il being to clean Oul CAiup
BtdNin, situate On top Of The Allrghaby
m"nn'niu-, distant frUm Cheat Mountain
Summit about twenty dive miles. On the
llih instant W. lvii there (lhe summil)
and marched To the old Camp Of lhr rebels
ri rpnhrlrF, Had there halted long enough
10 ret Supper and rest, where our force
wa divided, 100 golug up The Green, aux
fiv,F and like hunibrF Up tie turnpike
iuWhrdt SmunlOn, where the two columns
we're 4, mskr the AIlurk nj ,'rlVvk 10 the
morning, hutVWipE "a The .rOughnesS Of
The road aud ihrFr miles " II up the
mountain, hurh slprpsr Than any part
Of Wheeling hIll, the column which
your correspondent WAS with, rUuld moi get
W. uAlil ahO o'clock in ihe MORN
ing whtH We commenced the hght, on
Vuf ,idr, hr WonudiuR two Of tue rebel
pirkrts and killing one, our lines we're
iu,nr'i and forward, change bayune,sgiveu,
nW,y We went WhOophg like devils. with.
In sWn hundred yard. Of the rebel eu-
trrhChmruIs, WHEN the ere became 81 hot
that nll had u tAke shelter behind logs,
tries anu whatever else could lie found
Ia This position VT kept up rrRul.r lndi-
M eight over tnur hours. tnWirds the
last The firing became 50 accurate lhht ia
inch Of une's person VIVA exposed hs was
,u,r to catch ii. Al last came or.leFs 10
draw ID wLirh WIS done in tulrr,ble good
order Ny 'pininn is, thai there were over
3 0OO rebels, We had l., fight, aud NJ no
time had We over $50 men in thp fghl; np.
I p ,s"d to this f,rrr WAS At least $40 rebel
uu.krls aud fur ar i've pi crs Of artillery.
among wlii,h was thirty i've pounder.
Our lOss in klled aud wound, think.
will reach nearly $50. aud the rebel lOss in
killed alone. over quo. It was one Of lhe
hardest fought bni,lrs that has yri orcnr.
red IN Western Virginia. The Eight o.
CURED III Highland county, srVrn miles
from Monterey, from which place they
the rehrlr) rrrrivrd large reiniurrmenls,
nOIicr thal S"Ine member Ut the CnHvpn.
tinn propOseI to include E,ghltnd in the
new State. think If he had been ut the
fight hr would accept the amendment to
strike out that ruUnt,.
The loss in Ih- "a virginin Regiment is
tTfTrr killed md ten wounded, surnt NOR.
tally, though they have not set died. and
| uu' ulSSlUk' ENHNk wv hltlFN WNs LlNWNs
SiCknan, vi the PIummcr Guards, now
Company q In tue Regiment. liz was
highly esteemed aud gallant officer
TIE rebel arbitrary was silrnced four or Ave
time. BY somc hOts. II the Second, whOan
initiated cue "rlil.rry company
There were many amusing incidents Oc.
curing during The Hght, which, MS | have
spun this lrIlrr out to considerable
length, vnnnoI he rela Ell here.
Prom our rS'lamn, which wEg composed
OF the ID Virginia and 9th lrdiann, all
fought bravery and wure deserving Of vic
tory, but tue odds were too great against
Us
have jn't l"arntd that the rebels con.
template attacking ElkwHtcr in force. Let
Ibrm rnMrl
The rebels Htohha 81 Virginia in the
light, aud They we're all tiur looking men,
aHl well cloIhed,
Our regiment was the last to leave tho
rrNels Considering that this was the FIRST
lime we had been dndur FIRE, the men be.
havrd we'll indeed.
Major Mtlray, Of the OH Indians, regard
less OF danger I" bimSe,f wits everywhere
encouraging tile men during The fight.
Yours, truly,