, 1861-06-10
THE BATTLE OF PmLLIPPL.
Colonel Lander Leading. the Attack.


lCorre8pordenee Of The Wheeling Iutellfgencef
GRAFTON, Monday Might, Juue 8.
| The excitement has been intense hera all
day, abont Tie action at Phillippi Yesterday
! in two divisions. One consisting Of tbs Isl
Virginia Regiment part Of the Ohio 10th, and
the Indiana 9TH under command Of Col. Kelly
the other the Indiana 9Th and the Ohio 18th.
commanded BY Col Lander, Of Indians fight.
irg, wagon road, and Potter and Pryor duel
bJ -ailroad, to Thornton, small way st1tion,
five miles distant from here. Thence they
marched to Phillippi, distance Of :a3 miles.
| TIE Indians regiment moved out on the N. ".
| Va T. R, to Webster, where they were Joined
By the Ohio 14ih, from Which place they pneh-
tant. - -, -.
= The march Of the two divisions was psr.
| formed last night through darkness, ra1n aud
] mud 1t Eas terrible undertaking, but they
] I'LL went bragely through It, unshrinkIngly
aud without COMPLIANT. All night they toi1ed
On through the darkness and storm, the soft
earth yielding beneath their feet, till the grey
dawn found them ID the nelghborhood OF the
CoL Lander reports that ! as they neared
who fired at lin twice, and who sent her little
bcy across the hills a. he afterwards loundl
to appr1se the enemy Of their approach: Ha
arrived On the hill across the river from and
below Phillippi, and commanding the town
and the e1campment Gust below the town}
ntt!e before day yl'ght't this morning. They at
once prepared to open on them when the time
arrived Four O'Clock ~as the hour atxshich
the attack Was to be made simultaneously bY
both divisions. Col Kelly was to attack them
n the rear, and cut off their retreat, wAile
Col Lander would assault them In front Bnt
Eo1 heilJ's division T2s behind the appointed
hour, OWING to the terrible fatigues Of their
forced march Of twenty two miles; and in ID
d1tlon to this they missed their point, and in.
stead OF coming in on the Beverly road, above
Phillippi, and efectual1y cutting uf all retreat.
ny came IN, when they did come, just below
When they day began to dawn upon the i'm.
patient forces OF Col. Lander, It discovered to
them the camp below In state Of commo-
tlon, evidently in great alarm, and preparing
loF neht. HE hour appointed tor attack came
and passed, but still Col Kelly's division had
not al1iyed. Impatient to begin the attack
and ieafful the. rascals, almost within his
grasp, ehonld escape without smelling powder. Ie
Col Lander ordered the artillery to begin tie
attack, and at quarter past four, tie guns
we're unlimbered, and dropped the first mes
serger OF terror into the rebel camp, less than
. quarter Ct mile away. Simultaneously
With The roar Of the first gun, Col Kelly, a.
the head OF his command, came in sight across
the river, below the camp, and comprehend
ing the position Of affaire; they rushed forwnnd
at cnce N the direction Of The camp. -:
Meanwhile the battery having, after the first
shot OF Two, got an accnIatc range, played up
{1+on%s Gn the fsmp fa,pg with marked effect tearing
THIS 1he chiyalry couldn't s:and, md most il
glCTtopslS-ran like sheep In ever direction
thht promised safety, after firing q random
and scattering ve1ley which did no damase
Whatever Col Kelly's command was close
after, the Virginia troops in advance, the Hen
r Clay Guards In. front and Col, Kc!ly. md
Capt Fordyce leading. At the same time Col.
Lander's force came rushing down the hill to
the bridge, md they all put out after the fu:ri-
hyes, yelling like Indians.
But the legs Of the fugitive chiyalry served
1eem too vel, and they could not be oyerta
choslng them couple Of miles, returned to
the evacuattd camp, to learn the painful fact
that their victory, though complete, WIS too
dearly bought. Col Kelley, who, with bray
e1y amounting to rashness, was foremost from
uIst 70 last, vas rallsing his men Ia the upper
Tentl5 fed, when he fell BY shot from . foe
concealed either behind fence or in house.
:: The thot was fired after the engagement Was
over, and Wss just such piece Of assassina.
; ton g that by which the lamented Ellsworth
master in the Confederate force Hts name Il
Eimms, and he halls from Chesterfield, across
the river from Richmond. he Wps immneiiate.
1y Eefzed, uud It is great wonder they didn7t
make minee meat Of him instanter. The pis-
tol with which he ehot Col: Kelly Is an old
fefhioned Virginia horse pistol, csr7ying q
very large bal, and in1ltcting most dangerous
wound. The bali entered the left breast, sud
passing clear through lodged beneath the ekin.
Just underneath the shoulder blade. If humar
eklu can save him he will be saved.
:. In the grey uncertain light Of the morning
It vas impossible to tell anything about the
Loss Of tho enemy, as they carried away in
thelr alght whatever Killed and wounded they
may hare had.
a leg, which bad been tom off by q cannon
boil, Tae picked up In the camp. There WAS
great deal Of blood upon the ground, aud all
along the road, In the direction OF the aleht,
On the fences, and on eyerythingin the waY. Of
The indisciminate retreat. Hats, blankets,
cloaks, and every imaginable description Of
lnggege were scattered along the road for
more than mile.
The rebels LETT behind come forty horses. all
their provisions, thelr baggage and camp equip
age, and good many handsome uniforms, to
gether with some 40 stand Of arms. ali of
which fell into the hands Of the vfctora. SeYe-
fal prisoner we're taken besides Eimms-
among them D. n. Anvil, Prosecuting Attor-
ney, and the 'loug-looked.for.t akeI, at-last,
Colonel Wiley, Of Burnt Bridge fame BE
processes to be terribly unwe1l, aud he ought
Capt Robinson, Of the Logan Guards, had the
honor of making the capture Col. Willey's
commission from the Confederate authorities,
Nth come interesting correspondence, was
found upon his person.
Not msn on our side, SO far as heard from,
except Col Kelly, was hurt.
a deiachment Of Ohio troops went ont to
Phillippi this afternoon, under Col. Andrews,
who will take command there.